AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Archaistic style, carved of seven articulated pieces terminating in a horse?s head. Qing Dynasty or later.Overall length 22.5 cm. Condition II

Handle of silver with niello and filigree, curved double-edged blade with multifullers. 84 silvermark to reverse of handle.Latter 19th century.Minor w

Wootz blade with chiseled palmette and transverse grips.Latter 17th century.Worn.Overall length 31.4 cm. Condition III

Of typical form with well-carved walnut stock, the heavy brass mounts with scrolling and stands of arms, the flintlock mechanism and barrel engraved i

The curved case of brass with baroque motifs and hooked terminal, the broad blade with clipped tip etched with a flower on one side and a fish on the

Comprising a coat, collar and breeches, wrought in alternating rows of heavy riveted and solid rings. The collar with raised nape section, coat with h

With horn grips and blade etched with Islamic inscriptions. In its scabbard with brass mounts. Some wear, pommel lacking. Latter 19th century.Overall

With dagger and chopsticks, in its rayskin scabbard.Mid-19th century. Blade pitted. Overall length 37.9 cm. Condition III

Iron hilt with piercing and fluting, broad blade with pronounced back edge. Early 19th century.Worn.Overall length 86.5 cm. Condition III

Formed of a polished gourd, with nielloed silver cap, the plug intact.Mid-19th century.Overall height 9.9 cm. Condition I

Dating to the Greek War of Independence, the wooden stock with profiled iron mounts and brass bands, the miquelet lock of native manufacture.Barrel oc

With elegant Indian baskethilt, the broad, single-edged blade terminating in an obtusely-angled tip with pronounced back edge, mounted with a set of p

Fancy carved horn handle with handforged watered blade and silver mounts. In its matching scabbard.Mid 19th century. Wear and repairs to silver. Overa

Bronze hilt with knucklebow, terminating in a dragon head and recurved, handforged blade.Mid-18th century or later. Blade pitted. Overall length 27.8

Horn grips with heavy, double-edged steel blade and wooden scabbard with brass mounts. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length 59.5 cm. Condition

With bifurcate blades, each with flamboyant edges and a central ridge, elaborately etched overall with Arabic inscriptions and animals at the forte. S

With carved and crested exotic hardwood grip and broad, handforged blade, the wooden scabbard with well-carved okir motifs. Late 19th - early 20th cen

Steel, with sliding nasal, plume tube and spike finial. 19th century. Overall height 28 cm. Condition III

Horn grips with heavy, double-edged steel blade and wooden scabbard with brass mounts. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length 58.3 cm. Condition

With disk pommel and guard, blade flares strongly at the tip. Mid-late 17th century. Worn, pitted. Overall length 69 cm. Condition IV