28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN BROADSWORD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS OR GINGEE
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (perhaps associated), widening to the width of the hilt at the forte, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of long shaped langets, upward-curved guard, pommel en suite with the guard and fitted with an additional shaped bar (restorations, the iron parts pitted), and integral banded grip with central moulded collar, 77.7 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C66.
Similar swords are preserved in the British Museum, London (nos. 096145 and 293376) and the Victoria and Albert Museum. See Elgood 2004, p. 89, figs 8.34 and 8.35 and Rawson 1968 plates 18-20. Another example from this collection was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 7.
Sold for £1,100
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (perhaps associated), widening to the width of the hilt at the forte, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of long shaped langets, upward-curved guard, pommel en suite with the guard and fitted with an additional shaped bar (restorations, the iron parts pitted), and integral banded grip with central moulded collar, 77.7 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C66.
Similar swords are preserved in the British Museum, London (nos. 096145 and 293376) and the Victoria and Albert Museum. See Elgood 2004, p. 89, figs 8.34 and 8.35 and Rawson 1968 plates 18-20. Another example from this collection was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 7.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
