AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

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