6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN AXE (PHARASA), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA
with crescentic axe-blade rising to a further smaller blade with reinforced tip and a leaf-shaped terminal spike, engraved along the back-edge with foliage and linear ornament, five-sided socket chiselled with a leaf at the base of the blade, and later wooden haft, 40.8 cm head
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E12.
Sold for £190
with crescentic axe-blade rising to a further smaller blade with reinforced tip and a leaf-shaped terminal spike, engraved along the back-edge with foliage and linear ornament, five-sided socket chiselled with a leaf at the base of the blade, and later wooden haft, 40.8 cm head
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E12.
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
