AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

German or Northern Italian work, the skull made in two halves, the visor with flared and ridged occularia and long nasal, and sharing a common pivot w

Of Afedali type, with broadly-flared elephant butt, the hardwood stock lavishly and elegantly inlaid with silver floral motifs and Arabic inscriptions

Comprising a typical English helmet with movable three-bar faceguard and peak struck with an A armorer?s mark, earguards, and articulated ?lobstertail

The grip carved of a single section of green jade, with flared, trilobate guard, tapered grip and rolled pommel, carved overall with flowering lotuses

With faceted one-piece pale jade grip set with a turquoise in a gilded setting, the steel bolster elaborately inlaid in gold with rumi vinework. The

A robust example of fine quality with walrus grips, the tangbands and bolster forged of russet steel, true-inlaid in gold with flowering vine motifs.

Comprising a cabasset helmet, breastplate and tassets.The helmet of characteristic domed form, with pearstalk finial and narrow brim with rolled borde

The rhino grips with original woven wrap and rolled pommel, the silver guard engraved with Ottoman baroque borders. The broad, lightly-curved, single-

The hardwood hilt with high shoulders characteristic of the period, finely carved in Celtic interlace motifs and set with silver studs, the disk pomme

A rare example, worn by the Elector?s Bodyguard. The domed skull wrought in two pieces, the brim with rolled borders, peaked at both ends. 12 original