with triangular blade formed with a medial ridge and a reinforced point, chiselled at the base with a lotus flower and held in the jaws of a Makara head, tapering faceted socket fitted with a pair of down-curved arms each formed as a stylised elephant’s head with recurved bird’s head finial, polished hardwood haft, and tapering faceted iron shoe with arrow-shaped spike, 251.0 cm overall
Roy Elvis catalogue number F13 (bis).
Sold for £320
with triangular blade formed with a medial ridge and a reinforced point, chiselled at the base with a lotus flower and held in the jaws of a Makara head, tapering faceted socket fitted with a pair of down-curved arms each formed as a stylised elephant’s head with recurved bird’s head finial, polished hardwood haft, and tapering faceted iron shoe with arrow-shaped spike, 251.0 cm overall
Roy Elvis catalogue number F13 (bis).
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023