AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

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