AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

With elephant grips and steel tangband with profiled silver toggle. The recurved blade forged of dark wootz, with chamfered cutting edge. In its later

A rare type, the grips of translucent ramshorn with steel pommel.The guard with rolled quillon terminals in the form of dragon?s heads. The fine blade

Superb Lakh work produced in Tbilisi, the horn grips framed in engraved and nielloed silver, the bosses en suite, the reverse set with the Islamic coi

Wrought entirely of silver, finely engraved and nielloed overall. The grip formed as a saber hilt with the characteristic pommel a fully-modeled leopa

Mounted for a British general officer, the hilt comprising a pair of mameluke-type elephant grips with rolled pommel retained by silver bosses formed

Superb Kubachi work, the horn grips mounted in engraved and nielloed silver, the bosses en suite. The handwrought, straight, double-edged blade with o

Of Taouzilt type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, with applied brass buttcap, and set with a large profiled, engraved and nielloed plates,

The stock sheathed in finely pierced and engraved brass throughout, and fitted with a miquelet lock. With curled trigger.Mid-18th century. Wear to the

The elephant grips with highly-arched terminals characteristic of Eastern Anatolian work, the elaborately-filigreed and gilded silver tangband set wit

With horn grips and steel tangband. The straight, continuously tapering blade forged fine, dark actively-patterned wootz, with deep central fuller and

The long, heavy, handforged blade with distinctive curve, expanded tip and chamfered edge showing its layered construction, the wooden grip with carve

Khond People, a group noted for human sacrifice by the Raj. The large, hooked blade with engraved borders and cylindrical socket, mounted on a short,

Of characteristic circular form, constructed of oxhide and bound with handwrought iron mounts, consisting of inner and outer rings, cross-straps, a re

Wrought in brass, of characteristic form, likely Uzbek. Engraved overall and overlaid with profiled silver plaques. Mid- 19th century.Overall length 1

Made by Bermejo of Toledo, and based closely upon the sword of the last Muslim ruler of Granada, Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil (1460-1533.) The grips

Of fine form and requisite weight, showing characteristic five-plate construction, with rounded skull and ridged occularia divided by a nasal, the who

Of thick, hardened hide, set with numerous large, geometrical brass mounts and studs, stamped with birdseye motifs and profiled throughout. Mid-19th c

The heavy hide waistband set with a tongued buckle and five curved and profiled steel plates, each heavily inlaid with silver in characteristic geomet

Intended both for warfare and sacrifice, the hilt with profiled steel pommel and guard and cylindrical grip. The massive, bifullered blade of characte

Of characteristic form, well-formed of a single large section of green jade with lotuses finely carved in relief. Late 17th century. Archer?s rings we

The handwrought head of characteristic form with forged-in central panel showing traces of pattern-welding. Retained to the well-patinated bamboo haft

Well-chiseled steel hilt with faceted pommel and knucklebow and circular guard with beaded edge, grip with complex silver wire wrap with turksheads in

Visayan People, with horn grip, the pommel elaborately carved as a monsterhead with applied silver elements and brass ferrule and guard. The heavy, ha

Probably Zand Dynasty, of very finely-pierced gilded brass, in the form of a trefoil surmounted by a crescent, and containing the evocation of God, YA

Comprising a cabasset helmet, breastplate and tassets.The helmet of characteristic domed form, with pearstalk finial and narrow brim with rolled borde

The wooden sheath covered in velvet and mounted in finely embossed, engraved, gilded and nielloed silver, with a stylized character inscribed on the t

A superior example, the faceted steel pommel cap and guard thickly inlaid overall with gold in flowering vine motifs with silver wire wrap intact. The

The grip of characteristic form, elaborately embossed and engraved in floral patterns, gilded, and set with numerous colored stones. The blade with T-

Of classic form, the wooden grips with characteristic rolled pommel. The mounts of brass, engraved in vegetal motifs with geometrical borders, the T-b

An example of superior quality with walrus grips, the tangbands and bolster forged of fine wootz steel, true-inlaid in gold with cartouches containing

Lakh work, mounted entirely in engraved and nielloed silver and panels of fine filigree, struck on the reverse with a Georgian (?) mark. Fullered, dou

The wooden body covered entirely in rare sharkskin, with terminals and cutoff of elephant and staghorn with lineal borders, and mounts of nielloed sil

Both of brass, shield-shaped, with the obverse and cap cast in relief. The first with Nike, goddess of Victory, eagles and a stand of arms, with worn

With bifurcate blades, each with flamboyant edges, and elaborately etched with vinework panels and silver inlay at the forte. Socket of expanded form

A large example, with antler grips and faceted steel pommel cap and guard forged of Persian Kara Khorassan black wootz. The robust, lightly curved and

With green jade grip with rolled pommel, embellished with finely-carved lotuses, and steel bolsers inlaid with gold flowers. The straight, continuousl

A substantially earlier example than usually encountered, of characteristic form, deeply patinated overall, the intricately-carved head with projectin

A rare form, the black hardwood stock covered almost entirely in finely-engraved steel, an engraved brass plaque set on either side of the butt. The m

Of characteristic circular form, constructed of oxhide and bound with handwrought iron mounts, consisting of an outer ring, cross-straps, a rectangula

Of classic form, the grips with rolled pommel and silver mounts, elegantly engraved with Ottoman geometrical motif borders and circular cartouches con

An earlier than average example, the grip carved of a single large section of horn with characteristic crested and hooked pommel. The silvered guard w

Marked at the forte and scabbard locket with Devanagari designations, and struck with the British broad arrow mark. In its original leather and brass

An elaborate example, with engraved brass mounts and well-carved walnut stock, the grip with silver wire inlay work and filigreed silver escutcheon pl

The staghorn grips with chiseled foliate borders, the tangband heavily inlaid in gold, the blade repurposed from a late 16th century Ottoman saber. Wr

The hardwood stock of characteristic form, with horn buttplate and ebony breach-block, with well-chiseled iron mounts enclosing floral sprays. The bar

A massive example with elegantly-wrought iron grip terminating in a finely-modeled parrot's head, inlaid overall in heavy gold with flowering vi...

The steel hilt with grip of octagonal section and angled pommel with broad guard, lavishly inlaid in gold with rumi motifs throughout. The long, recur

Sulu work. The hilt of elephant, with a contrasting band of horn delineating the grip and elegantly-carved Jungayyan pommel. With long, silver ferrule

Probably Zand Dynasty, of characteristic droplet form, very finely and elegantly pierced in brass containing the Shi'ite motto, ALLAH, ALI, MUHA...

A type closely associated with the Siege of Vienna in 1683, the head finely-wrought of actively-grained pattern-welded damascus steel of characteristi