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A VIETNAMESE GUOM SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 700.00 USD
A VIETNAMESE GUOM 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 very rare type of characteristic form, the silver-mounted hilt with embossed and engraved monsterhead pommel and ferrule, elephant grip and 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. Very light wear. Overall length 96.5 cm, blade 91 cm.
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