A GOLD OVERLAID STEEL MACE NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
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A GOLD OVERLAID STEEL MACE
NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical grip with traces of gold overlay in floral patterns, the fluted mid-section with carved trefoils and traces of gold overlay, the head with similar fluting and trefoil decoration, topped with bud finial, with internal parts that make a clear ringing sound when the mace is swung
24 ¾in. (63cm.) long
Provenance:
Collection of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d.1983)
Literature:
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no.25
Exhibited:
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Lot Essay:
The decorative complexity of the present mace suggests it is part of a group of maces which can be attributed to the Deccan in the 17th or 18th century. Two other examples in this group are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (36.25.1874 and 36.149.3) and a fine watered steel example in the Furusiyya Collection (Bashir Mohamed, Arms and Armour of the Muslim Knight, vol.3, 2025, pp.62-63).
Details
A GOLD OVERLAID STEEL MACE
NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical grip with traces of gold overlay in floral patterns, the fluted mid-section with carved trefoils and traces of gold overlay, the head with similar fluting and trefoil decoration, topped with bud finial, with internal parts that make a clear ringing sound when the mace is swung
24 ¾in. (63cm.) long
Provenance:
Collection of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d.1983)
Literature:
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no.25
Exhibited:
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Lot Essay:
The decorative complexity of the present mace suggests it is part of a group of maces which can be attributed to the Deccan in the 17th or 18th century. Two other examples in this group are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (36.25.1874 and 36.149.3) and a fine watered steel example in the Furusiyya Collection (Bashir Mohamed, Arms and Armour of the Muslim Knight, vol.3, 2025, pp.62-63).
