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A JAPANESE KATANA with curved single-edged blade with wavey hamon, signed tang pierced with a single hole, signed plain steel tsuba, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip with brass menuki, in its W. W. II leather-covered saya 63.8cm; 25 1/8in blade The tang is signed Noshu seki ju Kanetatsu, Mino province. £600-800 | Nil |
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600 |
| 2 | A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade retaining much of its straight hamon (very small chips at the base), signed tang pierced with a single hole, steel tsuba with soft metal inlays, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip retaining ia gilt copper menuki on each side, in its lacquered saya with signed kozuko 44cm; 17 1/4in blade £400-500 | Nil |
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700 |
| 3 | A PAIR OF JAPANESE STEEL STIRRUPS (ABUMI BATTO), 19TH CENTURY with red lacquered treads (small losses), strongly curved at the front and rising to a pierced plate incorporating a looped buckle for suspension, and the outer surface decorated with silver flowers and fruit (light surface rust); and a modern copy of a tsuba the first: 25.5cm; 10in high (3) £1200-1800 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 4 | A VERY LARGE SINO-TIBETAN RITUAL DAGGER (PHURBA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY with short tapering brass blade of hollow-triangular section, patinated brass hilt cast and chased in low relief, the base formed as a scaly monster, openwork grip, and large pommel decorated with a band of three monstrous masks and set with a horse bust, perhaps Hayagriva, at the top 44.2cm; 17 1/2in £600-800 | Nil |
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750 |
| 5 | A FINE TIBETAN PHURBA, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with arrow-shaped steel blade of hollow-triangular section, gilt-brass hilt of characteristic form, the lower portion formed as a marine monster engulfing the blade, openwork grip, and the pommel cast with three differing divine and monstrous masks, and retaining much gilding throughout 34.2cm; 13in £400-500 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 6 | A MALAYSIAN KLEWANG, 19TH CENTURY the blade inlaid with a brass inscription at the forte, horn hilt carved as a monstrous mask set with ivory for the eyes (small chips and losses), in its figured hardwood scabbard with silver mounts and horn locket; A MOROCCAN JAMBIYA, in its scabbard; AN AFRICAN AXE, with gold-painted head; and AN AFRICAN DAGGER, with copper-bound grip the first: 40.5cm; 16in blade (4) £200-250 | Nil |
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150 |
| 7 | A JAVANESE KRIS with the pattern welded wavy blade, figurative hardwood grip carved with characteristic scrollwork, silver mendak and selut the former decorated with beadwork and filigree, in its original scabbard with larger wrangka (small chips) and the lower portion almost entirely encased in sheet brass enclosing a panel of tortoiseshell at the front 40.5cm; 16in £80-100 | Nil |
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80 |
| 8 | A BURMESE SILVER-MOUNTED DHA, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, wooden hilt of characteristic form entirely encased in silver repousée with foliage and scrollwork, in its original wooden scabbard encased in sheet silver with mounts decorated en suite with the hilt 54.5cm; 21 1/2in £150-200 | Nil |
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220 |
| 9 | A PAIR OF CHINESE SHORTSWORDS, 19TH CENTURY with straight double-edged blades, brass hilt of characteristic form cast with a monstrous head forming the guard and with lotus-shaped pommel, carved hardwood grip, in its original wooden double scabbard with brass mounts cast en suite 49cm; 19 1/4in blades £120-150 | Nil |
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350 |
| 10 | A CHINESE SHORTSWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with double-edged blade incised with a brief inscription on one side and a dragon on the other, rudimentary brass hilt cast in low relief, fabric-bound grip, in its brass-mounted lacquered scabbard 76.2cm; 30in blade £120-150 | Nil |
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400 |
| 11 | A CHINESE TRIDENT, 19TH CENTURY with tapering central spike of diamond section, a pair of up-turned flat crescentic lugs, tapering socket with faceted collar, on a later wooden haft (the steel parts pitted) 56.5cm; 22 1/4in head £100-150 | Nil |
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| 12 | THE GILT-BRASS MOUNTED SHAMSHIR PRESENTED TO SIR CORNWALLIS RICKETTS BY THE IMAM OF MUSCAT AND SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR, CIRCA 1845 with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with celestial motifs within a panel over the forte on each side (worn), gilt-brass hilt cast with scrollwork enclosing expanded flowerheads in low relief, comprising cross-piece with fluted terminals, a pair of langets, and integral grip rising to the pommel, in its original leather covered wooden scabbard, with large gilt-brass mounts comprising locket and chape chased with flowers and foliage and a pair of suspension mounts decorated with masks in the French taste; together with A TURKISH SILVER-GILT MOUNTED YATAGHAN, 19TH CENTURY, with curved single-edged blade cut with an inscription enclosed within a decorative panel on one side and a further panel on the other, the lower portion enclosed in repousée silver, silver-gilt grip of slender proportion, decorated with repousée foliage and with an eared pommel, in its wooden scabbard encased in repousée silver with gilt-brass chape formed as a monsterhead and gilt-brass locket, in its chamois leather lined baize cover, with a label inscribed 'Formerly the property of Ali Bey, The Turkish Admiral': the shamshir and yataghan contained together in a contemporary mahogany two-tier case lined in padded red velvet, the lid with brass escutcheon engraved with the initial 'R' and the crest of Ricketts Bart., of Beaumont Leyes, and sold together with related documentation, as outlined below the shamshir: 84.4cm; 33 1/4in blade the yataghan: 59.7cm; 23 1/2in blade The documentation includes an inscription in Arabic and a contemporary translation as follows: 'From the humble Fakeer Said the son of Sultan. To his worthy and beloved friend the trusty Captain Hopson(?) May God preserve him - I wish you to go to the Captain of the frigate /English/ and say unto him that Said sends him a salam, even a great salam, and that Said is delighted at his arrival and that the country is his and he can have whatever he requires - and peace be on him. True Translation. A. Hamerton' and 'This sword was presented by the Imam of Muscat and Sultan of Zanzibar to Sir Cornwallis Ricketts on his visiting Zanzibar in H.M.S.Helena in 1845, in acknowledgment of the moral support His Highness has derived from the presence of an English man of War, at a time he was resisting the pressure of a French Mission to obtain commercial advantages by Treaty, over and above what had been conceded to the "most favoured nations", England included. The sword presented by His Highness for Sir Cornwall Ricketts' son (now in his possession) in 1845, was on the occasion of Sir C. R. conveying a silver tea service of Plate, a present from Her Majesty the Queen to the Imam of Muscat, to Zanzibar from the Cape of Good Hope. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan (1797-1856) was joint ruler with his brother from 1804 and became sole ruler in 1806. In 1822 he signed the Moresby Treaty with the British in which slaves to Christian powers became illegal throughout his lands. He removed his residence to Zanzibar permanently in 1840 and was recognised as Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar in 1845. He encouraged the clove plantations in Zanzibar which became the world's top producers of that crop in 1860. £6000-8000 | Nil |
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6500 |
| 13 | A FINE INDIAN KNIFE, SIND, CIRCA 1860 with stout blade formed with a double-edged point, recessed block-shaped forte engraved with scrolling foliage on each side, and inlaid with a lengthy gold presentation inscription on the back-edge, engraved steel hilt comprising recurved cross-piece, cylindrical ferrule, and octagonal cap pommel, decorated throughout with scrolling flowers and foliage enriched with an alternating pattern of gold and silver flowerheads, and pellets, tapering octagonal grip formed of contrasting pieces of figured horn and ivory, and remaining in fine condition throughout 37.8cm; 14 7/8in LITERATURE Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris 1988, p.130 no.217. The inscription reads, in translation: '...His Highness Mir Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, The Governor of Khairpur...(?) made by Hayat Haddad.' His Highness Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur (born 1815) was the ruler of Khairpur State, a large tract of land in upper Sind that remained independent when the country on both sides of the Indus fell under the control of the British Government following Sir Charles Napier's victory at the Battle of Meeanee in 1843. Khaipur was one of the three ruling Houses of Sind that had been set up in a division of the realm between the three sons of Mir Sohrab Khan in the 1780's when he established his own dynasty there having driven out the last Kalhora sovereign. Another knife from this workshop was presented to the Prince of Wales on his visit to India in 1875-6. See P. Missillier and H. Ricketts, op.cit., p. 196. £2500-3000 | Nil |
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3000 |
| 14 | A FINE INDIAN KHANDA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with broad flat blade swelling towards the tip, inlaid with a pair of brass pellets, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped steel plate extending to a flower-shaped terminal an decorated with gold koftgari foliage, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of pierced foliate langets extending over the forte, a pair of short quillons formed en suite with the langets, figure-of-eight shaped plates extending to form the knuckle-guard, attenuated cup-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari foliate borders, and original grip bound with cord and silver wire, in its original felt covered wooden scabbard with pierced steel chape decorated en suite with the hilt 81.2cm; 32in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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2800 |
| 15 | AN UNUSUAL INDIAN SHORTSWORD WITH CARVED JADE GRIP, 19TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a slender fuller along the back-edge on each side and decorated with a gold koftgari calligraphic cartouche and a stylised tiger on one side (rubbed), the hilt formed of a steel ferrule decorated with gold koftgari flowers and foliage, and carved green soapstone grip including a lotus flower on each side of the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with green parchment (loose), and steel mounts decorated en suite with the ferrule 54.2cm; 21 3/8in blade £700-900 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 16 | AN INDIAN ENAMELLED SILVER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LUCKNOW decorated in blue and green enamel with foliage inhabited by a vertical arrangement of exotic animals within a chequered border (losses), and the top pierced with scrolling foliage; and AN INDIAN GILT COPPER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, 19TH CENTURY, decorated over its surface with scrolling flowers and foliage on a punched ground the first: 13.5cm; 5 3/8in (2) For a sword hilt decorated in a closely related manner to the first see H.Ricketts and P.Missillier 1988, p.134, no. 223. £120-180 | Nil |
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250 |
| 17 | AN INDO-PERSIAN PESH-KABZ, 19TH CENTURY with recurved watered steel blade formed with a reinforced back-edge, chiselled with a panel of scrolling foliage at the forte and with further designs on the back-edge, the hilt formed of an engraved steel back-strap (worn), a pair of morse grip-scales over brass fillets retained by five brass rivets, and a loop for suspension 37cm; 14 1/2in £120-180 | Nil |
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650 |
| 18 | AN INDIAN FIRANGI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with notched wavy blade decorated with exotic beasts in gold koftgari on each side (worn), steel hilt of characteristic form including a pair of broad langets of shaped outline, and attenuated pommel 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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420 |
| 19 | AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH CENTURY with broad heavy single-edged blade (the forward half missing), steel hilt of characteristic form, decorated with silver flowers and foliage in relief, and large disc-shaped pommel decorated with a large expanded flowerhead overlaid with silver on the top (small losses) 46.5cm; 18D in blade £50-60 | Nil |
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| 20 | AN INDIAN AXE (TABAR), EARLY 19TH CENTURY with wedge-shaped head decorated with gold lines around the borders and foliage at the base, square rear pean, and contemporary steel haft decorated with a pair of spiralling gold lines, and knop-shaped terminal (worn) 61.5cm; 24 1/4in £300-400 | Nil |
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650 |
| 21 | AN INDIAN TALWAR FOR A CHILD, LATE 18TH CENTURY with curved European blade double-edged towards the tip, with a pair of latten filled decorative marks within a long narrow fuller on each face and a latten double eyelash mark on one side of the forte, and steel hilt of characteristic form 60.3cm; 23 3/4in blade £100-150 | Nil |
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110 |
| 22 | AN INDIAN DAGGER, 20TH CENTURY with double-edged blade, steel hilt with ramshead pommel, in its steel scabbard, decorated throughout with silver koftgari scrolling foliage 26cm; 10 1/4in £50-70 | Nil |
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| 23 | AN INDIAN KHANDA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with broad heavy blade stamped with a mark on one side, and iron hilt of talwar form (pitted) 78.5cm; 30 7/8in blade £80-100 | Nil |
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200 |
| 24 | AN INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY with crescentic head etched with foliage inhabited by exotic birds within a cartouche enriched with gold koftgari on each side, etched flat rear face, tapering central spike, on a tubular haft (areas of pitting) 85.3cm; 33 5/8in overall £200-250 | Nil |
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150 |
| 25 | AN ARGENTINIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with bayonet blade stamped with the maker's details 'José Spinelli, Puan', silver hilt comprising swelling faceted grip decorated with short scrolled mouldings and a floral panel, in its leather scabbard with silver mounts decorated en suite, including locket with signed belt hook 52cm; 20 1/2in £120-180 | Nil |
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100 |
| 26 | A PERSIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of watered steel, ivory hilt with shaped pommel retained by two iron rivets with silver foliate washers, in its original fish skin covered wooden scabbard with large nielloed silver mounts decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of foliage on a punched ground 25.5cm; 10in £150-200 | Nil |
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380 |
| 27 | AN ARAB JAMBIYA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with blade of characteristic form (rusted), composite orange hilt applied with embossed gold rondels, in its leather scabbard 31cm; 12 1/4in £140-180 | Nil |
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| 28 | A BICHAQ, 19TH CENTURY, BALKAN OR GREEK with single-edged blade engraved with a panel of foliage on one side and along the back-edge, engraved silver hilt formed of a scalloped ferrule enclosing the blade and broad back-strap, ivory grip-scales retained by six silver rivets (the pommel finial missing), in its silver scabbard decorated with foliage and central architectural cartouche on each face, the terminal formed as a monsterhead, engraved with the letter 'M' at the front and fitted with a single loop for suspension 34cm; 13 3/8in £300-350 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 29 | AN ARAB SILVER-HILTED SAIF, 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, silver hilt of characteristic form including a pair of short fluted conical quillons, decorated with a flowerhead on the langets, and retaining its knuckle chain, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather and with silver mounts en suite with the hilt 70cm; 27 5/8in blade £300-400 | Nil |
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600 |
| 30 | A LARGE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade cut with a long off-set fuller and decorated with a pair of gold koftgari foliate cartouches on each side, decorated with three further koftgari foliate panels on one side, shaped morse grip-scales retained by three steel rivets, the upper and the lower each with foliate cap decorated with gold koftgari 62cm; 24 1/2in £400-500 | Nil |
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400 |
