201A CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK TAPANCHA PISTOLA fine example of Kubachi workmanship, wrought entirely in silver, engraved and nielloed in characteristic motifs involving intertwining leaves and vi
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,100.00 + 779.00) x 1 = 4,879.00
202AN INDIAN KARD DAGGERThe grip of characteristic form, wrought entirely of silver and deeply engraved, the straight, single-edged blade forged of finely-grained wootzdamasc
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 285.00) x 1 = 1,785.00
203A RARE TATARSKA SABERThe hilt with characteristic brass mounts, the octagonal pommel canted at an obtuse angle, allowing the sword to be thrust as well as swung, and a sma
Start Price : 5,000.00 | Estimates : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,500.00 + 1,235.00) x 1 = 7,735.00
204A FINE PRESENTATION SRI LANKAN KASTANE SWORDAn exceptional example of classic form, wrought entirely of silver. The hilt elaborately chiseled with scrollwork, the pommel a fully-modeled makara h
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00 + 532.00) x 1 = 3,332.00
205A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGERGeorgian work, the horn grips with large engraved and nielloed silver mounts. The leather-covered wooden scabbard with large nielloed silver locket an
Start Price : 350.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 152.00) x 1 = 952.00
206A PERSIAN ZAND DYNASTY SUIT OF ARMORComprised of an exceptionally well-detailed and embellished helmet, shield and armguard, finely decorated en suite with scenes from Persian history an
Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimates : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (5,250.00 + 997.50) x 1 = 6,247.50
207A FINE ZAND DYNASTY KARD DAGGERA robust example of fine quality with walrus grips, the tangbands and bolster forged of russet steel, true-inlaid in gold with flowering vine motifs.
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,200.00 + 418.00) x 1 = 2,618.00
208A COPY OF A RUSSIAN BERDICHE HALBERDVery well-detailed, the work of Ernst Schmidt & Co., Munich. The blade of characteristic form, struck with Russian-style marks and secured to the wood
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 380.00) x 1 = 2,380.00
209A RARE RENAISSANCE HELMET BOWLA Northern Italian armet expertly wrought from a single piece of steel, with finely-modeled roped comb and flange for neckguard, pierced with rear bre
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (2,900.00 + 551.00) x 1 = 3,451.00
210AN IMPORTANT GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SABERAn exceptional example of the type, the elaborate silver mounts superbly embossed and engraved in high relief throughout. The hilt with walrus grips w
Start Price : 4,000.00 | Estimates : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for (10,000.00 + 1,900.00) x 1 = 11,900.00
211A RARE TIBETAN HELMETComparable to a Mongol form of the 12th-13th century surviving only in book paintings, with hemispherical skull and symmetrical brim. Wrought of a sin
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (11,000.00 + 2,090.00) x 1 = 13,090.00
212A RARE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGERA fine example of Armenian work, the grip carved of a single section of horn, the silver bosses with scalloped borders. The straight, double-edged bla
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00 + 304.00) x 1 = 1,904.00
213A MUGHAL TOP HELMETThe well-wrought hemispherical bowl with separately-applied conical finial and browband, each finely inlaid with flowering vinework in gold. The nasal
Start Price : 900.00 | Estimates : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,300.00 + 437.00) x 1 = 2,737.00
214AN IMPORTANT PERSIAN SAFAVID SHAMSHIR SWORDOf singular quality, with antler grips bound at the base with twisted silver wire and faceted steel pommel, the guard wrought of fine Persian black wo
Start Price : 3,750.00 | Estimates : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00 + 1,330.00) x 1 = 8,330.00
215A CHINESE QING DYNASTY OFFICER'S YAODAO SABERLavishly mounted in pierced, chiseled and engraved brass, each fitting depicting Imperial dragons.The wooden grip with original cord wrap and lanyard
Start Price : 1,750.00 | Estimates : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00 + 2,470.00) x 1 = 15,470.00
216AN ETHIOPIAN ARUSSI SHIELDOf characteristic form, molded in thick hide with a complex series of ridges bordered in knobs, pigmented in brownish red and black, and elaborately t
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 123.50) x 1 = 773.50
217A PAIR OF CHINESE QING DYNASTY CAVALRY BANNERSEach sewn of handwoven cotton cloth, the field red with a brown triangle piped in cream, and a dramatic flaming border of blue with pale brown borders
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (1,250.00 + 237.50) x 1 = 1,487.50
218A FINE OTTOMAN SHAMSHIR SABERThe impressive silver mounts wrought in exceptionally high relief throughout. The hilt with horn grips with rolled pommel, the guard recurved and embe
Start Price : 2,250.00 | Estimates : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00 + 1,045.00) x 1 = 6,545.00
219A RARE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGERThe fine, intricately-filigreed silver hilt of yataghan form with broadly-flared, symmetrical ears set with corals on each surface. The straight, sing
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 650.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 133.00) x 1 = 833.00
220AN OTTOMAN PALA SABEROf classic form, the grips with rolled pommel and silver mounts, elegantly engraved with Ottoman geometrical-motif borders and circular cartouches con
Start Price : 900.00 | Estimates : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00 + 589.00) x 1 = 3,689.00
221AN ARAB KHANJAR DAGGEROf Hijazi type mounted entirely in filigreed silver, the horn grip with pommel of characteristic form and raised silver bosses. The blade broad, light
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 76.00) x 1 = 476.00
222A RARE NORTH INDIAN BHUJ GLAIVEAn elaborately embellished example of characteristic form which likely originated in Bhuj, a city in the Kutch district of Gujerat.The robust, double-
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (1,250.00 + 237.50) x 1 = 1,487.50
223A GERMAN LOBSTERTAIL HELMETThe ribbed bowl with ring finial, the visor and four-lamed neck guard with rolled edges. The nasal with flared upper terminal, retained by a large, he
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00 + 209.00) x 1 = 1,309.00
224A GEORGIAN HUNTING DAGGERThe hilt of European form, with flattened-cylindrical pommel and small, recurved, double guard in brass, engraved with tigers and prey. With bone grip
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 133.00) x 1 = 833.00
225A NORTHERN THAILAND DHA SWORDA very large example, the mounts wrought of pewter, with ribbed, bud-form pommel and two-handed grip and brass guard with scalloped border. The handwr
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (275.00 + 52.25) x 1 = 327.25
226A GERMAN DOLOIRE HALBERDOf classic form, the massive head with ogival terminal and convex cutting edge, chiseled with cuvilineal maker's marks and bearing the stamp of the Me
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 133.00) x 1 = 833.00
227A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGERA large example with finely-profiled horn grip, and fine, silver-inlaid iron mounts. The long, broad, double-edged blade with symmetrical fullers to e
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (550.00 + 104.50) x 1 = 654.50
228A FINE PARANG SUMBAWA SWORDThe grip elaborately carved as a naga-head, with superbly embossed and engraved ferrule. The straight, single-edged blade with expanded tip dramatical
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 114.00) x 1 = 714.00
229A BEJA DAGGERA quality example, the distinctive ebony grip with complex geometrical carving, the robust double-edged blade with central ridge. In its tooled hide s
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (175.00 + 33.25) x 1 = 208.25
230A RARE CENTRAL ASIAN BROADSWORDA quite similar example depicted in the ninth-century fresco of a mounted Samanid ruler at Nishapur allows attribution of the form. The distinctive gu
Start Price : 700.00 | Estimates : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (4,250.00 + 807.50) x 1 = 5,057.50
231A EUROPEAN PARTIZANThe massive head with faceted socket retaining a single langet, expanding into a pair of cusped hooks, with pronounced central ridge throughout, and d
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (550.00 + 104.50) x 1 = 654.50
232A MORO PANABAS AXEThe long, heavy, handforged blade with distinctive curve and expanded tip showing its layered construction, the carved wooden grip with brass mounts a
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimates : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 57.00) x 1 = 357.00
233A SERBIAN FLINTLOCK PISTOLOf large dimensions, with intricately carved hardwood stock and filigreed silver escutcheon plate inletted at the wrist, and brass mounts. The fine an
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 114.00) x 1 = 714.00
234A FINE OTTOMAN KAMA DAGGERA rare example, the waisted grip wrought entirely of silver, the pommel and ferrule with applied filigreed panels and gilding. The fine blade straight
Start Price : 350.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 142.50) x 1 = 892.50
235A NORTH INDIAN FIRANGI BACKSWORDWith Indian baskethiltofcharacteristic form, finely inlaid overall with intricate flowering vine motifs in silver and gold. The massive blade straight
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 142.50) x 1 = 892.50
236A MUGHAL KARD DAGGERThe grip carved of a single section of elephant, the fine, robust blade wrought of black wootzdamascus steel with goldwork on the bolsters, and chisel
Start Price : 350.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 190.00) x 1 = 1,190.00
237A VIETNAMESE DHA SWORDMontagnard work, with brass guard and pommel and heavy, handforged blade. In its rattan-wrapped wooden scabbard.Late 19th-early 20th century.Overall l
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (175.00 + 33.25) x 1 = 208.25
238A CAUCASIAN SHASHKA SWORDThe steel hilt of characteristic form, with silver floral inlay overall, with lightly-curved single-edged blade with broad central fuller. Mid-19th ce
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (325.00 + 61.75) x 1 = 386.75
239AN IMPORTANT NEAPOLITAN MIQUELET LOCKA spectacular example of chiseled and pierced steel in Mannerist style, with profiled and engraved mainspring, the cock and pan with finely wrought pa
Start Price : 450.00 | Estimates : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 152.00) x 1 = 952.00
240A PERSIAN KHANJAR DAGGERA rare example of symmetrical form, the finely carved, waisted walrus grip of a type popular with the Kurds. The straight, double-edged blade forged o
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 190.00) x 1 = 1,190.00
241A PHILIPPINES KALINGA HEAD AXEBontok workmanship, the handforged steel head of typical form, the wooden haft embellished with pierced and punched brasswork, with long iron ferrule
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 95.00) x 1 = 595.00
242A FINE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGERWith fine, intricately filigreed silver hilt of cylindrical form, set with multiple corals on each surface. The straight, single-edged blade with prof
Start Price : 175.00 | Estimates : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 95.00) x 1 = 595.00
243A RARE PAIR OF CENTRAL ASIAN STIRRUPSMassive examples, wrought entirely of steel with deeply-profiled tread plate and inlaid overall with silver. Retaining their original leather straps w
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (175.00 + 33.25) x 1 = 208.25
244A RARE SPANISH HUNTING DAGGERThe silver grip well-engraved throughout in baroque motifs. The pommel likewise engraved and retained by a nut which, when removed, reveals a series o
Start Price : 450.00 | Estimates : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 247.00) x 1 = 1,547.00
245A FINE AFGHAN WARRIOR'S BELTRarely encountered, comprising a large, rectangular buckle and numerous mounts, all of solid silver, profiled, engraved and nielloed en suite, with tw
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 285.00) x 1 = 1,785.00
246A FINE OTTOMAN KUBUR PISTOL AND HOLSTERA large example with dark, lustrous walnut stock elegantly inlaid overall with engraved silver plaques and flowering vines, the robust silver mounts w
Start Price : 800.00 | Estimates : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00 + 532.00) x 1 = 3,332.00
247A MUGHAL KHANJAR DAGGERThe waisted grip wrought of black wootzdamascus steel with gold-inlaid borders in a running vine motif. The elegantly recurved, double-edged blade lik
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 450.00 - 550.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 190.00) x 1 = 1,190.00
248A RARE GERMAN LINSTOCKA combination weapon designed to allow artillerymen to fire cannon quickly and safely as well as to defend themselves against a cavalry charge. The he
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00 + 228.00) x 1 = 1,428.00
249A CHINESE QING DYNASTY SPEARHEADA rare example, with long, tapered socket terminating in a profiled bead, from which develops a pair of hooks separated by a short fuller, and a massi
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00 + 209.00) x 1 = 1,309.00
250AN OTTOMAN SABERThe horn grips with original woven wrap and rolled pommel, the silver guard engraved with Ottoman baroque borders. The broad, lightly-curved, single-e
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00 + 1,045.00) x 1 = 6,545.00