6th Dec, 2023 11:00

Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 76
 

76

A NORTHWEST INDIAN SPEAR, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY HADOTI, RAJASTHAN

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).