AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

With elephant grips, the graceful, recurved blade with T-back and chamfered edge, finely chiseled at the forte in vinework motifs, the spine with cent

Likely Circassian work, the elephant grip with nielloed silver bosses. The straight, broad, handwrought blade double-edged, showing evidence of parrtn

Rarely encountered, wrought entirely of steel with characteristic leaf-shaped heads and flared butts, with filework embellishment and brass disk mount

The iron hilt of characteristic form, heavily gilded overall with pierced silver toggle. The blade wrought of actively-grained wootz steel, with prono

Composed of 20 articulated pieces, each very delicately engraved, nielloed and gilded. On its original rawhide strap.Late 19th century.Slight wear to

Of Afedali type, with broadly-flared butt on hardwood stock.Mounted with a silver-inlaid snaphaunce lock, featuring a sliding pan cover. The barrel co

The grip of typical form, carved of a single section of dark horn with a worn filigreed silver boss, the heavy blade lightly curved, double-edged and

The grips of mottled hardstonehardstone with brass mounts embellished with engraving and red pigment. The curved, fullered blade with chamfered edge.I

The grip wrought entirely of actively-grained Persian wootz steel with hooked pommel and remains of gold-inlaid borders, the bolster well-inlaid in go

Of typical Altit form, the elephant butt well aged, much of the stock from butt to lower barrel band covered in pierced and engraved silver appliqu?s.

With waisted, symmetrical steel grip inlaid in silver vine motifs and broad, curved double-edged blade with central ridge. Mid-19th century. Some wear

The hilt of characteristic form with hooked pommel, set with a beaded crest and finely enameled with multiple colors in baroque motifs overall. The lo

The finely-carved horn grip characteristic of Trabzon work, with brass ferrule.The heavy, fullered blade with strong, raised back edge and crescent mo

The forged iron hilt of characteristic form, with downturned quillons terminating in monster heads. The lightly curved, single-edged blade with pronou

The hardwood stock with silver furniture very finely embellished with areas of filigree,deeply embossed and chased motifs, Lock finely chiseled in ba

The crested grip carved of exotic hardwood, the ferrule finely engraved silver. The broad, handforged blade showing distinct layered construction. In

With Old Indian-style baskethilt, typical spiked projection at pommel. The long, straight, single-edged blade lightly bifullered.Latter-18th century.S

With profiled horn grips and silver bosses. The straight, double-edged blade with central fuller to either side. Black leather-covered wooden scabbard

The dark horn hilt eared and studded with brass nails, the broad blade finely fullered on the right face, with a single fuller on the left. In its sil

With dark wood grips and rolled pommel with fingerstalls, the brass guard elaborately embellished. The curved, single-edged blade etched at the forte