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A BHUTANESE SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
A BHUTANESE 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...
A rare example, the carved hardwood hilt of characteristic form with twisted brass wire-covered grip and ferrule, the blade straight, broad, thick, and single-edged with central fuller and radiused tip. The blade retained in the carved wooden scabbard by brass bands. Mid 18th-early 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 84 cm.
Condition III