The Indian Sale
Catalogue Information: 220 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: A VERY RARE SWORD WITH TIGER-HEADED HILT FROM THE PALACE ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN, SERINGAPATAM, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
measurements noteblade 79cm. overall 92cm.with a curved watered-steel blade with inscription in gold in foliate cartouche, the brass hilt cast in one piece enriched with punched and engraved detail, comprising a pair of short quillons with tiger-head [...more]
Lot 2: A BLUNDERBUSS, 19TH CENTURY, MOUNTED WITH A SILVER-INLAID BARREL FROM THE ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN AT SERINGAPATAM, DATED 1795-6
DATED 1795-6measurements note89.5cm.the steel barrel with characteristic everted muzzle and octagonal section at the breech, inlaid with a calligraphic medallion in the form of a lion's head and further calligraphic cartouches, the stock with a comb [...more]
Lot 3: A SWORD WITH A VERY RARE TIGER-HEADED BRONZE HILT, BLADE AND SCABBARD 19TH CENTURY, HILT ALMOST CERTAINLY TAKEN FROM SERINGAPATAM, CIRCA 1790-95
measurements noteblade 78cm. overall 95cm.the hilt cast in one piece enriched with punched and engraved detail, comprising a pair of short quillons with tiger-head terminals, a pair of asymmetrical langets, the inner punched and engraved with bubri ( [...more]
Lot 4: AN INDIAN SWORD, 18TH CENTURY
measurements noteblade 78.5cm. overall 93cm.with curved single-edged steel blade, the cast gilt-iron hilt of typical talwar form, chiselled and punched with meandering flowering plants with full-faced floral rosettes, foliate loop to pommel, the late [...more]
Lot 5: AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH CENTURY
measurements noteblade 68cm. overall 80cm.the curved single-edged steel blade swelling towards the tip with gold koftgari decoration of flowers at the base and along the back edge, the cast iron hilt decorated throughout with panels of gold koftgari [...more]
