4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
50
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN PATA, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU 17TH CENTURY
with associated broad double-edged blade, iron hilt formed as a parrot with layered tail issuant with the blade, rising to a beaked head forming the pommel, and fitted with a pair of moulded grip bars, 90.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C117
A sword with a hilt of this type is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai, (no. 2134). See Elgood 2004, p. 98.
Sold for £4,200
with associated broad double-edged blade, iron hilt formed as a parrot with layered tail issuant with the blade, rising to a beaked head forming the pommel, and fitted with a pair of moulded grip bars, 90.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C117
A sword with a hilt of this type is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai, (no. 2134). See Elgood 2004, p. 98.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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