AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

Well-chiseled steel hilt with faceted pommel and knucklebow and circular guard with beaded edge, grip with complex silver wire wrap with turksheads in

The staghorn grips with chiseled foliate borders, the tangband heavily inlaid in gold, the blade repurposed from a late 16th century Ottoman saber. Wr

Probably Zand Dynasty, of characteristic droplet form, very finely and elegantly pierced in brass containing the Shi'ite motto, ALLAH, ALI, MUHA...

The grip carved from a single section of translucent amber, with a pale coral set into the pommel. The fine Persian black wootz ladder pattern blade w

Kubachi work, the elephant grip with gold-inlaid iron bosses.The handwrought, lightly curved and double-edged blade with central fuller. The velvet-co

A matched PAIR of enormous processional weapons carried before a sultan or datu, in the form of panabas axes. The blades handforged, with chamfered cu

The characteristic steel Hindu baskethilt with backspike, fitted with a massive saber blade which shows evidence of damascus steel forging, with chamf

A large example of Kubachi work, with finely-profiled horn grip, and elegantly gold-inlaid iron mounts. The long, heavy, double-edged blade with offse

With trilobate silver pommel engraved overall and set with a large coral, the grip covered in twisted wire, with engraved silver guard. The characteri

The hilt wrought of steel with faceted grip terminating in a well-detailed lion?s head engraved overall, and a recurved guard with drooping quillon an

The grip of characteristic form, carved of a single section of elephant, the straight, single-edged blade forged of finely-grained wootzdamascus steel

The well-carved hardwood stock with finely-engraved flintlock mechanism, the octagonal barrel with flared muzzle a superior example of Ottoman pattern

A rare example with anthropomorphized suns wrought into the bowl, and etched overall with scenes from the Persian Book of Kings, surmounted by a large

The grip carved of a single section of translucent horn, the curved, double-edged blade forged with an exceptionally high central ridge, terminating i

A massive example, the steel hilt with rolled pommel and crosshatched grip section bordered by engraved running vine motifs. The faceted ferrule, fort

The pommel and grip wrought entirely of silvered filigree with a central band of white crocodile hide and black wool pompon intact, iron guard. The ma

The pommel and grip wrought entirely of silver filigree and black wool pompon intact, iron guard. The broadsword blade long and double-edged with deep

Rarely encountered in carbine length, the butt covered in tooled leather and set with glass gems, the lock of local manufacture, the barrel with octag

An earlier example than typically encountered, the mounts well-wrought in brass, the waisted grip with pronounced central ridge, the scabbard with sep

Characteristic of Tanjore work, the distinctive guard forged with high central ridge and chiseled borders, with monster?s head finial. The reinforces