Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

A large example, the dark horn grips with profiled and engraved silver mounts. The heavy, pattern-welded damascus blade broad and bifullered. In its l

Of typical form, the horn grip with flared pommel and filigreed silver ferrule. The curved, double-edged blade with central rib, wooden scabbard with

Likely Visayan work, the flared and faceted banati wood hilt inlaid with mother of pearl, the grip covered in woven rattan. The double-edged blade ear

The horn grip with mounts of elegantly engraved and nielloed silver en suite with those of the leather-covered wooden scabbard, the locket struck with

The stock of characteristic form, partially sheathed in pierced and profiled brass and embossed with flowers in relief. With percussion lock, the dama

Wrought entirely of steel with raised oval panels at the wrist, and lavishly inlaid overall with floral sprays in silver, including the applied, profi

Of characteristic form, the actively-grained hardwood stock inlaid with green-stained horn inlays and mounted in engraved silvered bands, the butt cov

Of classic form, the guard finely wrought of Persian black wootz and superbly chiseled with Arabic inscriptions, NASR MIN ALLAH WU FATH QARIB (Conques

The mottled brown stone head of characteristic ellipsoid form, mounted in silver set with turquoises with a ruby at the tip. The ferrule retaining som

Of Taouzilt type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, lavishly embellished with applied brass buttcap, and rarely-encountered engraved and niel

A weapon endemic to India, designed for both parrying and thrusting. With a matched pair of antelope horns fitted with brass tips mounted to the steel

The dark horn grips with profiled pommel mounted in engraved and nielloed silver. The heavy blade broad, wrought with multiple fullers and panels, wit

The hardwood stock with characteristically broad triangular butt, with profiled brass mounts throughout, the mechanism intact and functional, with pie

In Circassian style, with walrus and horn grips and intricately engraved and nielloed silver mounts. The long blade with raised central ridge and tape

Likely Maguindanao work, the elaborately-worked junggayan hilt typically carried by a datu or noble, with elephant kakatua-form pommel and gilded moun

Produced in the well known Epirot weapons-making center of Ioannina, the wooden stock with brass mounts, the grip with characteristic shallow curvatur

Characteristic of Zlatoust work, the grip covered in green-stained shagreen and mounted in silver with applied pierced and profiled plaques. The str

The hilt with steel pommel cap and dark horn grips with silver wire wrap, the guard with worn gold inlaid decoration. The blade moderately curved, and

Circassian work, the hilt and scabbard mounts of silver, finely engraved and nielloed on a polished ground, the design emulating the friable silver ga

Reflecting the neoclassicism of the reign of Nasr al-Din Shah, with symmetrical silver-inlaid hilt and scrolled quillons. The long, straight, double-e