Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

Of shell type, the guard formed of two large, domed oval plates, the obverse chiseled with a lion amongst foliage and a pair of wild boars, the panels

A large example, with horn grips the fine, robust blade wrought of actively-patterned Persian black wootz damascus steel with goldwork on the bolsters

An unusually fine example of Epirus workmanship, the entire stock of silver, chiseled, engraved and gilded overall, in intricate baroque motifs involv

A high quality example of characteristic form, made for a member of the Ethiopian nobility and carried at the Emperor’s court. The body covered in vel

The hilt of characteristic form, with flared, fluted and profiled steel pommel , wooden grip and ferrule with large, double-looped guard with roed ed

With staghorn grips and iron bolsters, the blade with T-back and chamfered edge. In its wooden scabbard mounted entirely in punched and engraved brass

The heavy steel stirrup hilt with rolled quillon, maker marked SESSO A TORINO and ebony grip with fingerstalls. The heirloom Persian blade etched at e

A massive example, the solid silver hilt showing Epirus workmanship, engraved and nielloed overall with garlands and stands of arms on each side. The

The large, Visayan tenegre-type blade very well forged, displaying layering and a hardened, chisel edge, the silver ferrule Moro work, and the fine ho

Very seldom found on the market, the walrus grips with gilded silver tangband and ferrule embellished with chiseled vines, the flared pommel enclosed