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A BALINESE KNIFE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
A BALINESE KNIFE
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 dark horn grip carved as a fully-modelled lion with long, curling mane, with turned brass ferrule. The exceptionally broad blade of characteristic Wedung form, profiled at the spine, with a short fuller and substantial clipped tip, with hardened chisel edge. In its carved horn scabbard with openwork finial at the throat and demon’s head finely carved in relief, with inlaid triangular and circular sections of mother of pearl. Second half of the 19th century. Overall length 32 cm.
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