AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Shield-shaped, construction with engraved motifs overall and applied rosette to the center.With belt loop to the reverse.First quarter of the 19th cen

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

Igorot People, of characteristic form, carved wood with integral grip to reverse and strengthened with four plaited rattan bands. Mid-19th century.Wor

The horn grip inlaid in geometrical motifs. With curved steel blade and brass scabbard. Late 19th-early 20th century.Overall length 28.5 cm. Condition

The pierced half-basket hilt and mushroom pommel of nickeled brass with wooden grip, the fullered blade with blunted edge and rebated tip. Mid-19th ce

The green-stained horn grip with hooked pommel, profiled and inlaid with brass studs and rosettes, with broad, with rare pattern-welded, single-edged

Both brass, the first of classic form, engraved overall. The second with fitted cover and incised decoration. 19th century. Worn.Overall length of the

Massive examples, wrought entirely of steel with deeply-profiled tread plate and inlaid overall with silver. Retaining their original leather straps w

A massive example with quadrangular section, waisted blade, with profiled base and lengthy socket.Late 19th century.Patinated overall.Overall length 8

Characteristic of Tanjore work, the distinctive guard forged with high central ridge and chiseled borders, with monster?s head finial. The reinforces

Of characteristic form with walnut stock, the heavy silver mounts embossed and engraved in scrolls and vegetal motifs, the flintlock mechanism and bar

A massive example made for presentation to a datu or chief. The grip carved of a single, large section of elephant, the silver mounts finely filigreed

Of characteristic form with flared wooden grip, the arched pommel and scabbard wrought entirely of silver and finely engraved overall. The curved blad

With leather-wrapped grip and steel crossguard.The long, straight, double-edged blade with three fuller.Overall length 103 cm. Condition III

A larger than average example of characteristic form, with flared bone pommel and grips.The heavy, single-edged blade of actively-patterned wootz stee

Of characteristic form with brass three-branch guard and twisted wire wrap to grip. Lightly curved, single-edged and fullered blade. Marked on the gua

An unusually large example, the grip elaborately inlaid with brass studs, rosettes and corals, the broad, well-forged blade struck with a maker?s mark

The steel head forged with three blades, the outer ones undulating, inlaid overall with running vine motifs in silver. On its hardwood haft.Late 19th

A fine example with exotic hardwood grip, the pommel flared and scrolled, with cord-wrapped grip and silver ferrule which neatly retain the silver bak

Of characteristic hemispherical form with top spike, adjustable nasal bar, and plume tubes, embellished with engraved bands of spiral flowering vines