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A FINE PARANG SUMBAWA SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 700.00 USD
A FINE PARANG SUMBAWA SWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
The grip elaborately carved as a naga-head, with superbly embossed and engraved ferrule. The straight, single-edged blade with expanded tip dramatically pattern-welded.In its fine embossed and engraved silver scabbard with flared locket, depicting a dragon amid panels of scrolling foliage.First half of the 19th century.Overall length 54 cm. Condition I