FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR SALE

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Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the Khan of Crimea. Register now through ICOLLECTOR to bid online. THERE ARE MORE AND LARGER IMAGES OF EACH LOT SHOWN IN OUR ONLINE CATALOG AT OUR WEBSITE Questions? Call 323 851 2345
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
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A CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK TAPANCHA PISTOL201 - A CAUCASIAN FLINTLOCK TAPANCHA PISTOL
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A fine example of Kubachi workmanship, wrought entirely in silver, engraved and nielloed in characteristic motifs involving intertwining leaves and vi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,100.00) = 4,100.00
 
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AN INDIAN KARD DAGGER202 - AN INDIAN KARD DAGGER
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The grip of characteristic form, wrought entirely of silver and deeply engraved, the straight, single-edged blade forged of finely-grained wootzdamasc
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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A RARE TATARSKA SABER203 - A RARE TATARSKA SABER
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The hilt with characteristic brass mounts, the octagonal pommel canted at an obtuse angle, allowing the sword to be thrust as well as swung, and a sma
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,500.00) = 6,500.00
 
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A FINE PRESENTATION SRI LANKAN KASTANE SWORD204 - A FINE PRESENTATION SRI LANKAN KASTANE SWORD
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An exceptional example of classic form, wrought entirely of silver. The hilt elaborately chiseled with scrollwork, the pommel a fully-modeled makara h
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00) = 2,800.00
 
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A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER205 - A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER
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Georgian work, the horn grips with large engraved and nielloed silver mounts. The leather-covered wooden scabbard with large nielloed silver locket an
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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A PERSIAN ZAND DYNASTY SUIT OF ARMOR206 - A PERSIAN ZAND DYNASTY SUIT OF ARMOR
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Comprised of an exceptionally well-detailed and embellished helmet, shield and armguard, finely decorated en suite with scenes from Persian history an
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (5,250.00) = 5,250.00
 
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A FINE ZAND DYNASTY KARD DAGGER207 - A FINE ZAND DYNASTY KARD DAGGER
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A robust example of fine quality with walrus grips, the tangbands and bolster forged of russet steel, true-inlaid in gold with flowering vine motifs.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,200.00) = 2,200.00
 
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A COPY OF A RUSSIAN BERDICHE HALBERD208 - A COPY OF A RUSSIAN BERDICHE HALBERD
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Very well-detailed, the work of Ernst Schmidt & Co., Munich. The blade of characteristic form, struck with Russian-style marks and secured to th...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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A RARE RENAISSANCE HELMET BOWL209 - A RARE RENAISSANCE HELMET BOWL
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A Northern Italian armet expertly wrought from a single piece of steel, with finely-modeled roped comb and flange for neckguard, pierced with rear bre
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (2,900.00) = 2,900.00
 
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AN IMPORTANT GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SABER210 - AN IMPORTANT GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SABER
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An exceptional example of the type, the elaborate silver mounts superbly embossed and engraved in high relief throughout. The hilt with walrus grips w
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for (10,000.00) = 10,000.00
 
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A RARE TIBETAN HELMET211 - A RARE TIBETAN HELMET
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Comparable to a Mongol form of the 12th-13th century surviving only in book paintings, with hemispherical skull and symmetrical brim. Wrought of a sin
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (11,000.00) = 11,000.00
 
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A RARE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER212 - A RARE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER
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A fine example of Armenian work, the grip carved of a single section of horn, the silver bosses with scalloped borders. The straight, double-edged bla
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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A MUGHAL TOP HELMET213 - A MUGHAL TOP HELMET
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The well-wrought hemispherical bowl with separately-applied conical finial and browband, each finely inlaid with flowering vinework in gold. The nasal
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,300.00) = 2,300.00
 
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AN IMPORTANT PERSIAN SAFAVID SHAMSHIR SWORD214 - AN IMPORTANT PERSIAN SAFAVID SHAMSHIR SWORD
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Of singular quality, with antler grips bound at the base with twisted silver wire and faceted steel pommel, the guard wrought of fine Persian black wo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
Sold to floor for (7,000.00) = 7,000.00
 
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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY OFFICER'S YAODAO SABER215 - A CHINESE QING DYNASTY OFFICER'S YAODAO SABER
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Lavishly mounted in pierced, chiseled and engraved brass, each fitting depicting Imperial dragons.The wooden grip with original cord wrap and lanyard
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00) = 13,000.00
 
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AN ETHIOPIAN ARUSSI SHIELD216 - AN ETHIOPIAN ARUSSI SHIELD
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Of characteristic form, molded in thick hide with a complex series of ridges bordered in knobs, pigmented in brownish red and black, and elaborately t
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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A PAIR OF CHINESE QING DYNASTY CAVALRY BANNERS217 - A PAIR OF CHINESE QING DYNASTY CAVALRY BANNERS
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Each sewn of handwoven cotton cloth, the field red with a brown triangle piped in cream, and a dramatic flaming border of blue with pale brown borders
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (1,250.00) = 1,250.00
 
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A FINE OTTOMAN SHAMSHIR SABER218 - A FINE OTTOMAN SHAMSHIR SABER
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The impressive silver mounts wrought in exceptionally high relief throughout. The hilt with horn grips with rolled pommel, the guard recurved and embe
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
Sold to floor for (5,500.00) = 5,500.00
 
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A RARE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER219 - A RARE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER
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The fine, intricately-filigreed silver hilt of yataghan form with broadly-flared, symmetrical ears set with corals on each surface. The straight, sing
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 650.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN PALA SABER220 - AN OTTOMAN PALA SABER
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Of classic form, the grips with rolled pommel and silver mounts, elegantly engraved with Ottoman geometrical-motif borders and circular cartouches con
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00) = 3,100.00
 
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