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 RARE INDIAN KNUCKLEDUSTER161 - A RARE INDIAN KNUCKLEDUSTER
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Wrought entirely of steel and heavily silvered overall, comprising seven spheres on each side of the cylindrical grip, protected by a semicircular gua
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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A FINE MUGHAL ARCHER'S RING162 - A FINE MUGHAL ARCHER'S RING
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Of characteristic form, well carved of a single large section of pale jade and set with numerous cabochon rubies and a large faceted center stone, whi
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,600.00) = 4,600.00
 
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A RARE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE DAGGER163 - A RARE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE DAGGER
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Made at Epiros, the silver handle with traces of gilding, embossed in spiral flutes with bands of foliage interspersed. On the pommel an excellent Cla
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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A T'BOLI SWORD164 - A T'BOLI SWORD
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With characteristic cast brass hilt with elaborately filigreed panels and flared pommel, the handwrought blade with flared and spurred tip. In its woo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN ZIRH MAIL COAT165 - AN OTTOMAN ZIRH MAIL COAT
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Of fine quality, wrought entirely of riveted rings, decreasing in thickness but not diameter toward the extremities, as is typical of the best work.Re
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,500.00) = 3,500.00
 
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A FINE PHILIPPINES BOLO KNIFE166 - A FINE PHILIPPINES BOLO KNIFE
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An exceptional example, probably Visayan work.The handforged, single-edged blade of characteristic form, with bellied edge and clipped tip. The hilt w
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN KILIC SABER167 - AN OTTOMAN KILIC SABER
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The grips of translucent horn terminating in a characteristic rolled pommel, the fine steel guard deeply chiseled with Qur'anic inscriptions and...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for (3,500.00) = 3,500.00
 
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A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER168 - A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL DAGGER
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Chechen work, the horn grips with profiled pommel, the large, handwrought blade with single offset fuller to either side, signed BAZALAI, perhaps the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (525.00) = 525.00
 
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AN INDIAN BICH'HWA DAGGER169 - AN INDIAN BICH'HWA DAGGER
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The guarded brass hilt elaborately-profiled, with lotus-bud terminal.The blade of flattened diamond section, recurved and double-edged. In its leather
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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A BERDICHE HALBERD HEAD170 - A BERDICHE HALBERD HEAD
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A rare example of Ottoman or Imperial Russian workmanship. The well-forged head with long, crescent edge and rectangular socket, the lower extremity t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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A VICTORIAN FALLING BUFFE WITH GORGET171 - A VICTORIAN FALLING BUFFE WITH GORGET
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A rarely-encountered armor element of characteristic form, designed for wear with a burgonet. Composed of four steel plates, three elaborately pierced
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER172 - AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER
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With massive walrus grip of characteristic form, the broad, curved double-edged blade with raised central ridge forged of fine Persian black wootzdama
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A RARE BLACK SEA YATAGHAN SWORD173 - A RARE BLACK SEA YATAGHAN SWORD
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A scarce form found in Eastern Anatolia and the Transcaucasus. The horn grips arched in the form of a crescent as is typical, the grip with black leat
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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A MUGHAL TOP HELMET174 - A MUGHAL TOP HELMET
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A fine example, the steel bowl of segmented form, the nasal with elaborately-profiled finials, and set with three plume tubes. Elaborately inlaid over
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,750.00) = 1,750.00
 
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AN AFGHAN PULOWAR SWORD175 - AN AFGHAN PULOWAR SWORD
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The fine hilt with drooping quillons terminating in monsterheads and cupped pommel, elaborately engraved and superbly pierced throughout, with section
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00) = 2,000.00
 
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A RARE MORO SHIELD176 - A RARE MORO SHIELD
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A large example, carved of a single section of native wood, with integral grips of characteristic form. The obverse finely profiled and colored with n
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD177 - AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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Balkan work, the elephant grips with large ears, silver mounts embossed and engraved in baroque motifs, the single-edged recurved blade with an inlaid
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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A RARE IMPERIAL BURMESE DHA SWORD178 - A RARE IMPERIAL BURMESE DHA SWORD
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Likely made early in the Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885 c.e.) The elephant grip superbly and atypically carved with dragons amongst foliage, probably a r
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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A MUGHAL JADE ARCHER'S RING179 - A MUGHAL JADE ARCHER'S RING
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Carved of a single piece of deep green jade with intertwining lotuses in relief and raised borders. Mid-17th century. An elegant example intended for
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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A RARE MUGHAL PLATE & MAIL COAT180 - A RARE MUGHAL PLATE & MAIL COAT
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Of high quality, likely an officer's coat.Forged of heavy, riveted rings set with forged steel plates in the characteristic pattern, with applie...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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