AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Well forged of articulated steel sections, the grip with fabric wrap. Early 20th century. Grip wrap replaced. Overall length 151.3 cm. Condition II

With characteristic steel hilt and broad, pattern-welded blade.Traces of goldwork to pommel.Mid-18th century.Overall length 84 cm. Condition II

Each of brass, with lid intact.Early 19th century.The largest 8 cm. Condition II

The faceted grip with silver wire wrap to base, and single-edged blade struck with marks. In its embroidered leather scabbard.Mid-19th century.Overall

With brass mounts, the well-forged, hollowground blade with chisel tip.In its wooden scabbard with woven suspension band intact.Latter 19th century. S

Of characteristic form with lime inlaid motifs and rattan bands to grip. First half of the 20th century.Worn.Overall length 76 cm. Condition III

The handwrought blade bound to the wooden grip with pitch and rattan. In its bark sheath, the hide applique pierced with aso motifs, with goathair fin

Of characteristic form, molded in thick hide with a complex series of ridges bordered in knobs, pigmented in a deep brown and tooled overall.The rever

A massive example, the steel hilt with knucklebow terminating in a monsterhead, the long, broad blade fullered, struck with maker?s marks and showing

Of a type found in the Transcaucasus and northern Iran, its design suggests it was used in place of the saber, probably for close fighting by infantry