Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)
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Auction
Price and date
Category
Arms Armour & Militaria (203)
Asian & Islamic Works of Art (449)
M & C African and Middle Eastern Art (31)
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Lot 1 - A KATANA (JAPANESE LONG SWORD), 1684-1688
Sold for £650
Lot 2 - A JAPANESE NAVAL KATANA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £480
Lot 3 - A JAPANESE KATANA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SEKI ARSENAL
Sold for £600
Lot 4 - A JAPANESE KATANA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,400
Lot 5 - A JAPANESE KATANA, SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1945), WITH EARLIER BLADE
Sold for £400
Lot 6 - A JAPANESE KATANA SIGNED KANENAGA, SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1945)
Sold for £380
Lot 7 - A JAPANESE OFFICER’S SHIN-GUNTŌ (MILITARY SWORD), 1942
Sold for £1,300
Lot 8 - TWO JAPANESE WAKISASHI, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £360
Lot 9 - A JAPANESE NAVAL DIRK, CIRCA 1880-1900
Sold for £1,200
Lot 10 - A JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF MARU GATA (ROUND FORM), CIRCA 1700-1800
Unsold
Lot 11 - A JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF AORI GATA (SADDLE BAG) FORM, CIRCA 1859
Sold for £240
Lot 12 - A JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF MARU GATA (ROUND FORM), CIRCA 1650-1750
Sold for £5
Lot 13 - A JAPANESE TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF MARU GATA (ROUND FORM), CIRCA 1700-1800
Sold for £160
Lot 14 - A JAPANESE STEEL TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF MARU GATA (ROUND FORM), CIRCA 1750-1850
Sold for £130
Lot 15 - A JAPANESE IRON AND COPPER FUCHI-KASHIRA (COLLAR AND POMMEL)
Lot 16 - A JAPANESE FUCHI (COLLAR FOR THE SWORD HANDLE), CIRCA 1750-1850
Sold for £80
Lot 17 - A JAPANESE KOZUKA (UTILITY KNIFE HANDLE), CIRCA 1750-1850
Lot 18 - A JAPANESE KOZUKA (UTILITY KNIFE HANDLE), CIRCA 1750-1850
Lot 19 - TWO MINIATURE JAPANESE HELMETS, 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £30
Lot 20 - A JAPANESE FACE DEFENCE (MEMPO)
Lot 21 - A FRAMED JAPANESE TEXTILE WITH DECORATION OF A BOW, QUIVER AND ARROWS AND TWO KAMON (FAMILY CRESTS) IN GOLD THREAD ON A BLACK SILK BACKGROUND, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £40
Lot 22 - A CHINESE COMPOSITE BOW, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY; AND A CHINESE BOW BY YANG FUXI OF JU YUAN HAO
Lot 23 - A CHINESE TRIDENT, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £180
Lot 24 - A RARE CHINESE IRON CANNON, PROBABLY 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £150
Lot 25 - FIVE MALAYSIAN DAGGERS (KRIS), A DAGGER AND TWO SPEARHEADS, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £15
Lot 26 - A DETACHED BLADE FROM A MALAYSIAN DAGGER (KRIS), AN INDIAN SILVER CHAPE FROM A SCABBARD, A KATAR SCABBARD AND SEVEN ASIAN SWORD SCABBARDS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
Sold for £50
Lot 27 - A COMPOSITE INDIAN GAUNTLET SWORD (PATA), 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Sold for £220
Lot 28 - FIVE INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Lot 29 - THREE INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £340
Lot 30 - FOUR INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £140
Lot 31 - FOUR INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £110
Lot 32 - THREE INDIAN SWORDS (TALWAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Sold for £90
Lot 33 - AN INDIAN SCABBARD FOR AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD (TEGHA), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £20
Lot 34 - AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KARD), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £700
Lot 35 - ◉ AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJARLI) AND ANOTHER (PIHA KAETTA), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £420
Lot 36 - TWO INDIAN DAGGERS (KATAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURIES, PROBABLY VIJAYANAGARA
Sold for £460
Lot 37 - AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 18TH CENTURY
Lot 38 - AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 39 - THREE INDIAN DAGGERS (KATAR), 18TH/19TH CENTURIES
Sold for £550
Lot 40 - TWO INDIAN FOOT DAGGERS (BICHWA), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 41 - AN INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £320
Lot 42 - AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 43 - AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER AND TWO TORAH POINTERS, 20TH CENTURY
Lot 44 - A NORTH INDIAN OR NEPALESE CLEAVER (RAM DAO), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 45 - AN INDIAN LANCE SHOE (BARSHA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 46 - AN INDIAN LANCE SHOE (BARSHA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 47 - A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA
Lot 48 - AN ARAB SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (SHAMSHIR) FOR A CHILD, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 49 - AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA) WITH SILVER-MOUNTED HILT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 50 - AN ARAB JAMBIYA, 20TH CENTURY
Lot 51 - A DECORATED TURKISH SWORD (KILIG), 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 52 - AN OTTOMAN SMALL SILVER-MOUNTED YATAGHAN DAGGER, TURKEY, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 53 - A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (PESH KABZ), 20TH CENTURY
Lot 54 - A LARGE SPANISH FOLDING KNIFE (NAVAJA), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 55 - TWO AFRICAN AXES, A BOOMERANG AND A FRENCH MODEL 1816 INFANTRY SHORTSWORD (BRIQUET)
Lot 56 - A MAMELUKE-HILTED NIGERIAN DIPLOMATIC OFFICER'S SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 57 - ◉ FOUR ARAB POWDER-FLASKS, 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £120
Lot 58 - AN OTTOMAN DECORATED IRON POWDER MEASURE, 19TH CENTURY AND A QUANTITY OF ELEMENTS OF EASTERN ARMS AND ARMOUR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 59 - AN INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £300
Lot 60 - AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 61 - TWO INDIAN SHIELDS (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY
Lot 62 - AN AFRICAN SPEAR, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 63 - A HARDWOOD CLUB, TONGA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 64 - FOUR PAIRS AND EIGHT SINGLE SOUTH AMERICAN STIRRUPS, BRAZIL AND PERU, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £100
Lot 65 - SEVEN PAIRS OF SOUTH AMERICAN STIRRUPS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £75
Lot 66 - FOUR PAIRS AND SIX SINGLE SOUTH AMERICAN STIRRUPS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY AND THREE SOUTH AMERICAN WHIPS
Sold for £65
Lot 67 - AN INDIAN TWO-BAND PERCUSSION CARBINE, THE LOCK DATED 1857
Sold for £280
Lot 68 - A 20 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £85
Lot 69 - A 20 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADOR), 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £45
Lot 70 - A 20 BORE AFGHAN FLINTLOCK MUSKET, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 71 - A 36 BORE PERCUSSION AFGHAN RIFLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 72 - A 22 BORE ALBANIAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £800
Lot 73 - ◉ A 22 BORE NORTH AFRICAN OTTOMAN TOE-LOCK GUN, ALGERIA, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 74 - A 22 BORE NORTH AFRICAN DETACHED SILVER-INLAID BARREL FROM A JEZAIL, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £500
Lot 75 - A 22 BORE BALKAN PERCUSSION KUBUR PISTOL, ALBANIA, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 76 - A TWO-HAND SWORD IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY
Lot 77 - A SWORD IN GERMAN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 78 - A SWORD IN SOUTH GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY ‘LANDSKNECHT’ STYLE, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 79 - A PRUSSIAN BROADSWORD FOR A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 80 - A NORTH EUROPEAN SMALL SWORD AND TWO SCABBARDS
Lot 81 - AN AXE HEAD, POSSIBLY 15TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £10
Lot 82 - A CONTINENTAL MULTI-BLADE PENKNIFE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £750
Lot 83 - A HUNTING KNIFE RETAILED BY COGSWELL & HARRISSON, 142 BOND STREET & 226 STRAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £60
Lot 84 - A NORTH EUROPEAN ACCOMPANYING KNIFE FOR A TROUSSE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 85 - A GROUP OF MINIATURE EDGED WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Sold for £95
Lot 86 - ‡ A PARTISAN, IN FRENCH OR ITALIAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 87 - A WAR HAMMER IN POLISH 17TH CENTURY STYLE (NADZIAK), 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot 88 - ‡ A BILL IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 89 - A SPIKED FLAIL, 17TH CENTURY, AND ANOTHER, IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 90 - A HALBERD IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 91 - A FRENCH ARTILLERY SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 92 - A FRENCH OFFICER’S EPÉE FOR A GENDARMERIE OFFICER; A FRENCH EPÉE FOR A MILITARY OFFICIAL, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, IN 19TH CENTURY STYLE
Lot 93 - A FRENCH MODEL 1822 CAVALRY SWORD, 19TH CENTURY; A SWORD IN FRENCH AN XI STYLE AND ANOTHER, 20TH CENTURY
Sold for £260
Lot 94 - A FRENCH MODEL 1896 CAVALRY SWORD; A FRENCH MODEL 1845 INFANTRY SWORD AND ANOTHER
Lot 95 - A PRUSSIAN OFFICER’S SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 96 - A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1873 ARTILLERY SWORD, DATED 1915
Sold for £190