Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

Wrought entirely of silver and finely engraved and nielloed overall. The grip formed as a saber hilt with the pommel a fully-modeled hunting hound’s h

With elaborately crested banati wood grip and silver ferrule, the broad handforged blade showing layered construction. In its carved wooden scabbard w

Forged entirely of steel, the spherical head with bands of silver foliate inlay and set with a ring of quadrangular spikes and a long top-spike. The h

With hardwood stock, mounted entirely in finely-embellished silver, the backstrap set with 20 corals. The lock and barrel breech chiseled overall. Sec

The grip finely carved from a single section of elephant in the form of a fully-modeled demon with staring eyes and fangs, clutching a staff and mount

Quality work, likely an officer’s coat. Wrought in alternating rows of heavy riveted rings and solid rings with forged steel plates at the front and s

A massive example, the iron hilt finely inlaid in elaborate gilded flowering vinework. The fine, undulating blade wrought of intricately pattern-welde

The crested grip carved of exotic hardwood, the silver ferrule with three bands of woven silver wire. The broad, handforged blade showing distinct pat

With large Udaipuri hilt inlaid overall with flowering vines in silver, the robust blade single-edged with double-edged expanded tip, wrought with a n

Dani People, of characteristic form. The core formed from the inner bark of a tree, and tightly knotted over in continuous figure-eight technique with