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A VIETNAMESE GUOM SABER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
A VIETNAMESE GUOM SABER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
A very rare type of characteristic form, the silver-mounted hilt with embossed and engraved monsterhead pommel and ferrule, with elephant grip, the silver guard with broad knucklebow.Single-edged, bifullered blade with profiled silver collar. Scabbard of teak with finely executed mother of pearl inlay panels and large silver mounts embossed and engraved with dragons and intertwining foliate bands. Second half of the 19th century. Guard slightly loose, very minor wear. Overall length 96.5 cm, blade 91.7 cm.
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