28th Jun, 2023 12:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 80
 

80

A SOUTH INDIAN AXE (ARUVAL), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA

with cleaver-shaped single-edged blade, rectangular ricasso decorated with gold foliage and trellis and pierced with a lion on the back edge, tubular grip encased in silver and formed in three stages divided by raised mouldings with bulbous terminal, 65.2 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E26.

Sold for £700


 

with cleaver-shaped single-edged blade, rectangular ricasso decorated with gold foliage and trellis and pierced with a lion on the back edge, tubular grip encased in silver and formed in three stages divided by raised mouldings with bulbous terminal, 65.2 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number E26.