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A JAPANESE W. W. II KATANA with regulation fullered blade, brass tsuba cast with chrysanthemum flowers, fabric-bound grip with regulation menuki; in its leather-covered wooden saya 69.5cm; 27 3/8in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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220 |
| 2 | A JAPANESE BONE-MOUNTED SUITE OF EDGED WEAPONS comprising wakizashi, with slender blade and two tanto, each with bone tsuba, grip and saya carved with a vertical arrangement of figures 55cm; 21 5/8in and 29.5in 11 5/8in overall (3) £100-150 | Nil |
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220 |
| 3 | A JAPANESE BONE-MOUNTED SUITE OF EDGED WEAPONS comprising two wakizashi, with slender blades each with straight hamon and a tanto, each with bone tsuba, grip and saya carved with a vertical arrangement of figures 79.5cm; 31 1/4in; 77cm; 30 1/4in and 30.5cm; 12in overall (3) £120-180 | Nil |
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280 |
| 4 | A FINE JAPANESE SNAP MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870 with massive blued octagonal barrel retained by a faceted brass band at the breech, fitted with large pierced v-shaped fore-sight and pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid with linear ornament and a solid band of silver at the muzzle, over its middle section with bold sprays of foliage inhabited by an exotic bird in silver enriched with gold, and silver panel of stars and a mon over the breech, signed beneath the latter and fitted with integral pan with hinged brass pivot-cover, brass lock of shaped outline fitted with moulded steel serpentine, brass trigger, stained cherrywood full stock with slender faceted butt of characteristic form, signed beneath the breech in ink, brass trigger-plate, barrel bolts and lock-pin escutcheons formed as expanded flowerheads, and original ramrod (now seized, areas of light wear) 70.2cm; 27 5/8in £4000-5000 | Nil |
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6000 |
| 5 | A FINE INDIAN KHANDA, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with broad flat blade swelling towards a rounded tip, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped pierced gilt steel plate, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of pierced foliate langets extending over the forte, a pair of short quillons, a figure-of-eight shaped plate extending to form the knuckle-guard, attenuated cup-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari foliage, in its felt-covered wooden scabbard with pierced steel chape decorated en suite with the hilt (the hilt and scabbard 20th Century) 79.2cm; 31 1/4in £600-800 | Nil |
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950 |
| 6 | AN INDIAN BHUJ, 19TH CENTURY with broad slightly curved blade, overlaid at the base with silver cut with flowerheads and foliage on a punched ground (small losses), the back-edge with a brief gilt inscription including a series of numerals, the forte enclosed by an elephant's head set with green and red pastes, gilt copper tubular haft decorated with further floral motifs, the base with a concealed knife (finial bent), and retaining its original fabric-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-bronze mounts repousée with flowers and foliage on a punched ground 60.2cm; 23 3/4in overall £500-600 | 5% |
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750 |
| 7 | AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved blade stamped with a double eyelash mark on one side, and steel hilt of characteristic form retaining much silver plated finish, in its wooden scabbard with later leather covering 78cm; 30 3/4in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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| 8 | A FINE INDIAN PARTISAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad tapering central blade formed with a central ridge and reinforced at the tip, chiselled with a lotus flower on each side at the base, faceted socket terminating with a serpent head engulfing the base of the blade, and fitted with a pair of strongly down-curved basal lugs, with tightly curling terminals formed as falcon-heads, possibly for cannon match, on a later wooden haft with its original shoe faceted en suite and with a fluted bulbous central moulding, and complete with a leather scabbard for the head with pierced brass chape 42cm; 16 1/2in head £500-600 | Nil |
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| 9 | A TURKISH YATAGHAN, DATED ????, CIRCA 1850/1 with slightly curved single-edged blade cut with a very slender fuller along the back-edge, decorated with a gold-encrusted cartouche filled with a brief inscription on one side including the date, and scrollwork on the other, the forte enclosed with gilt silver beadwork and flowerheads extending to enclose the hilt, and fitted with a pair of horn grips rising to an eared pommel (chipped, incomplete), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard fitted with a loop fitting for a belt 58.5cm; 23in blade £250-300 | 5% |
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450 |
| 10 | AN INDIAN CHILANUM, 17TH CENTURY with slightly recurved blade swelling towards the tip and cut with a series of fullers on each side, steel hilt comprising pierced oval shell-guard with a pair of short globular quillons, knuckle-guard with recurved tip en suite with the quillons, bifurcated pommel (bud finial missing), and the grip with a central spherical moulding 31cm; 12 1/4in A number of similar daggers were captured at Adoni in 1689 and are now preserved in the Jungarah Fort Museum, Bikaner. See R. Elgood 2004 p. 178, ill 16.33 and 16.34. £1200-1800 | Nil |
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| 11 | AN UNUSUAL INDIAN DAGGER, 18TH CENTURY with tapering single-edged blade of watered steel, decorated around the base with a band of gold foliage, two-piece tapering brass grip rising to a Tiger's head pommel (early restorations), in a later velvet-covered wooden scabbard 17cm; 10 5/8in £600-800 | Nil |
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600 |
| 12 | AN INDIAN ZAFAR TAKIEH, LATE 19TH CENTURY with short blade cut with a single fuller on one side and a pair on the other, steel ferrule decorated with silver koftgari lines mottled jade grip hollowed at each end, in its steel scabbard decorated with silver koftgari lines and foliage 44.7cm; 17 5/8in overall £300-400 | 5% |
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| 13 | AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a medial ridge and swelling towards the tip (worn), steel hilt including a pair of grip-bars, decorated throughout with gold koftgari scrolling foliage and beadwork, in a later wooden scabbard 43cm; 17in £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 14 | AN INDIAN DAGGER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with recurved watered blade formed with a long robust tip of diamond-section, decorated with gold koftgari including a coat-of-arms at the forte, gilt-steel hilt comprising ferrule and back-strap, and a pair of bone grips 35cm; 13 3/4in £600-800 | Nil |
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500 |
| 15 | AN INDIAN CHILANUM, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, TWO MALAYSIAN KRIS, AN ARAB POWDER-FLASK, A BRONZE AXE-HEAD, AND A HATCHET the first formed entirely of steel, with straight double-edged blade, steel hilt and moulded grip; the second and third of characteristic form, each in its scabbard, one faced with tortoiseshell; the fourth of flattened horn with sprung closure, decorated over its surface with brass studs, and complete with a steel suspension chain; the fifth cast in one piece, with axe-blade, wedge-shaped rear blade and tubular socket, and the hatchet with hooked blade and an additional flat spike at the back the first: 32cm; 12 1/2in (6) £150-200 | Nil |
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150 |
| 16 | AN INDIAN FOLDING KATAR, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the outer blade decorated on each side with a panel of silver koftgari foliage, steel hilt with a pair of grip bars, decorated throughout with further designs in silver koftgari 39.2cm; 15 1/2in £200-300 | 5% |
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| 17 | A FINE INDIAN JADE-HILTED JAMBIYA, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered double-edged blade of watered steel, chiselled forte decorated with gold koftgari foliage at the base, mottled green jade grip shaped for the fingers, carved with foliage and an expanded flowerhead on each side at the base and rising to a maned horsehead pommel set with rubies for the eyes and nostrils, (small chips), in its wooden scabbard encased in watered steel, drawn-out at the base to a stylised monsterhead, decorated on each side with gold koftgari foliage at the borders, in the centre with a panel of pseudo script and with jade locket carved with a lotus flower on each side, complete with its suspension chain: in its paper-covered padded case (hook catches missing) 38.7cm; 15 1/4in £3000-4000 | 5% |
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15000 |
| 18 | AN INDIAN KHANDA, 18TH CENTURY, A NEPALESE KORA, 19TH CENTURY, AND A KHYBER KNIFE, 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt of characteristic form including a pair of langets with pierced tips and chiselled knuckle-guard, and retaining an early grip; the second with curved blade widening towards the tip, and characteristic steel hilt; the third with tapering blade, and horn grips (incomplete) the first 82cm; 32 1/4in blade (3) £350-450 | Nil |
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| 19 | A FINE INDIAN SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad curved blade formed with a double-edged point and inset with the so-called 'tears of Allah' along the back-edge, chiselled over almost its entire length with exotic beasts in combat including fighting elephants, stags, tigers, a boar pursued by a mounted hunter and a pair of stag being shot by an archer, gilt-brass hilt formed as a rabbit being engulfed by a tiger, the eyes set with a red paste (the other replaced), a pair of long langets and short mushroom-shaped quillons, chiselled over its full surface with scrolling foliage, in its original wooden scabbard covered with green velvet (areas of wear), and with large gilt-brass mounts pierced with scrolling foliage and flowerheads 78.3cm; 30 7/8in blade £1000-1200 | 5% |
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1500 |
| 20 | FIVE INDIAN CARVED JADE MOUNTS FOR DAGGER SCABBARDS AND A CARVED GEM-SET JADE GRIP FOR A KNIFE, 18TH CENTURY the first five locket mounts carved with lotus flowers and foliage in low relief, and each with a small pierced front mount for suspension (one with small chips), the sixth formed as a ramshead encrusted with gold and set with a paste (the lower portion missing, losses), and five pieces of a carved rock crystal, probably for a parasol (11) £350-450 | Nil |
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500 |
| 21 | DOUBLE DAGGER AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with single-edged blade decorated with a gold-inlaid cartouche, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets, the pommel formed as an elephant's head extending to form the knuckle-guard, decorated over its surface with silver scrolling foliage, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape decorated en suite, and large finely pierced silver locket 45.5cm; 18in £300-400 | 5% |
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680 |
| 22 | AN INDIAN KHANJAR WITH PUDDINGSTONE HILT, 19TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN KHANJAR the first with slightly recurved flattened blade (the tip with a small chip), variegated puddingstone grip carved with petals at the base and a horsehead pommel (restorations and repairs); and the second with fullered blade and figured jade grip incorporating a horsehead pommel (chipped), in a wooden scabbard the first: 28cm; 11in (2) £500-600 | 5% |
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| 23 | AN INDIAN SHAMSHIR, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of watered steel (small chips, areas of wear), silver hilt including engraved cross-piece with button terminals, later cap pommel and grip; and A GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, 19TH CENTURY, with gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, ivorine grip-scales, in its scabbard complete with a pair of buff leather suspensions the first: 76.5cm; 30 1/8in blade (2) £300-400 | Nil |
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300 |
| 24 | FOUR INDO-PERSIAN AXES AND AN AFRICAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY the first with curved axe-blade decorated on each face with a panel of silver scrollwork, pyramidal rear-spike, on its wooden haft; the second and third with etched axe-blades and steel hafts, the fourth with etched double axe-blade and steel haft; and the fifth with trifurcated central spike, a pair of crescentic axe-blades beneath and two basal lugs, decorated with brass inlay the first: 60cm; 20 3/4in (5) £300-400 | 5% |
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550 |
| 25 | A NORTH AFRICAN HARDSTONE-MOUNTED GROUP OF EDGED WEAPONS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY comprising Kilig with blade of characteristic form retaining traces of koftgari ornament including the date, perhaps 1753 copper hilt applied with filigree scrolls and raised settings for a rich pattern of turquoise and hardstones (hilt loose), in its copper-gilt scabbard, the inner face decorated with repousée flowers and foliage, and the outer face decorated with arrangements of turquoise and hardstones en suite with the hilt; A JAMBIYA, the blade decorated with a koftgari panel at the base and the hilt and scabbard decorated with similar patterns of encrusted hardstones and A VERY SMALL KNIFE OF JAMBIYA FORM, with watered steel blade, complete with its scabbard (small losses) the first: 66.5cm; 26 1/4in blade (3) £2000-3000 | 5% |
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7000 |
| 26 | A FINE CAUCASIAN BROADSWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY with watered steel blade of flattened-diamond section cut with a full-length slender fuller framed by a pair of lines on each side, rectangular ricasso formed with an ogee moulding at the top, a groove on each side and pierced with a fretwork panel in the centre, the hilt entirely encased in nielloed silver (knuckle-guard missing), decorated with scrolling foliage within a framework of flowerheads on each side and a pattern of running foliage around the edge, and fitted with a collar set with turquoise pastes (minor losses) 64.8cm 25 1/2in blade £3500-4500 | Nil |
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9500 |
| 27 | A KURDISH JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY with curved blade of watered steel formed with a medial ridge on each face, horn hilt of characteristic form retained by a brass collar at the base and with a domed boss on the outer face (the base of the hilt cracked), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with brass locket and chape 38.1cm; 15in £200-300 | Nil |
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150 |
| 28 | A PERSIAN JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY with curved blade chiselled with foliage over the lower half, carved bone grip decorated with a pair of courtly figures on each side, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard 44cm; 17 1/4in £300-350 | 5% |
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250 |
| 29 | FOUR NEPALESE RAM DAO the first with long slender blade engraved along the back-edge; the others with broad flat blades, the second inlaid with a brass filled eye at the tip and with foliage over its surface on each side, the third pierced with an exotic beast on the back-edge and the fourth engraved with scrollwork along the back-edge; A JAVANESE KUDI TRANCHANG; with pierced head; and FOUR CHINESE HAFTED WEAPONS the first: 99cm; 39in blade (9) £500-700 | 5% |
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500 |
| 30 | A IVORY-HILTED JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERSIAN with curved double-edged blade of watered steel formed with a slender central ridge and decorated with gold koftgari at the forte (worn), and marine ivory grip swelling at the base and the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with light shagreen, with ivory locket and chape each decorated with a radiating pattern of lines (the chape chipped) 48.2cm; 19in £2000-2500 | 5% |
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