6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NAIR, MALABAR COAST, KARNATAKA
with very slender long blade of flattened-oval section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets widening towards the hilt, pierced on one side (perhaps for a tassel), large circular guard of low V-section, pronounced pommel of ‘egg-cup’ form comprising two interlocking hemispheres of slightly differing size, button formed en suite, an integral grip swelling in the centre (patinated throughout), 105.0 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C82.
Two related examples are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.24.1424) and Junagarh Fort, Bikaner. See Elgood 2004 p. 95.
Sold for £680
with very slender long blade of flattened-oval section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets widening towards the hilt, pierced on one side (perhaps for a tassel), large circular guard of low V-section, pronounced pommel of ‘egg-cup’ form comprising two interlocking hemispheres of slightly differing size, button formed en suite, an integral grip swelling in the centre (patinated throughout), 105.0 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C82.
Two related examples are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.24.1424) and Junagarh Fort, Bikaner. See Elgood 2004 p. 95.
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
