Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00
Olympia Timed Spring 2024
38
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 19TH CENTURY
with double-edged blade cut-down from a European sword, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of langets with lotus leaf terminals, side bars decorated with a running border pattern, grip bars with knop-shaped mouldings, chiselled throughout with linear patterns; together with two contemporary Indian katar scabbards the first: 29.5 cm blade (3)
Provenance
The first: Daniel Z. Noorian, New York, 3 April 1929, John Woodman Higgins Inv. No. 735, sold in this room, 7th May 2014, Lot 37
Sold for £180
with double-edged blade cut-down from a European sword, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of langets with lotus leaf terminals, side bars decorated with a running border pattern, grip bars with knop-shaped mouldings, chiselled throughout with linear patterns; together with two contemporary Indian katar scabbards the first: 29.5 cm blade (3)
Provenance
The first: Daniel Z. Noorian, New York, 3 April 1929, John Woodman Higgins Inv. No. 735, sold in this room, 7th May 2014, Lot 37
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)
