Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A sword (talwar) with watered steel blade and koftgari hilt, with scabbard, North India, 17th and 18th century
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the slightly curved watered steel blade with a flat edge and enlarged tip, stamped marker's mark (undeciphered) near the chape, the steel hilt with baluster grip elongated at the forte, double swan-neck cross guard, decorated throughout in koftgari with outlines of flowers and vines, top with carved radiating rays, with later velvet covered wood scabbard
sword: 95.5cm.
Ex-collection Dr. Leo S. Figiel, M.D. (1918-2013).
The renowned collection of Mughal arms of Dr. Figiel M.D. was sold through Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, on 24 August 1998.
The renowned collection of Mughal arms of Dr. Figiel M.D. was sold through Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, on 24 August 1998.
Leo S. Figiel, M.D., On Damascus Steel, New York, 1991, pp.100-1, no. IS5.