28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), POSSIBLY LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY, MYSORE, KARNATAKA
with tapering head formed with a slender central rib on each face and hollowed on either side, tapering socket formed with raised mouldings and decorated with incised lines, strongly formed flanged base, on a later wooden haft, with associated foot formed of a tapering iron spike with two large fluted onion-shaped mouldings, 58.0 cm head
Roy Elvis catalogue number F15.
Sold for £650
with tapering head formed with a slender central rib on each face and hollowed on either side, tapering socket formed with raised mouldings and decorated with incised lines, strongly formed flanged base, on a later wooden haft, with associated foot formed of a tapering iron spike with two large fluted onion-shaped mouldings, 58.0 cm head
Roy Elvis catalogue number F15.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
