A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) with watered-steel hilt India,...
A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) with watered-steel hilt
India, 19th Century
the single-edged watered steel blade of curved form, chiselled and decorated in gold overlay to one side with an inscription-filled cartouche, the forte to both sides with a lobed half palmette cartouche containing floral scrollwork, above floral motifs in square panels, the hilt of typical form of watered-steel decorated in gold overlay with a foliate border and chevrons to the inner handle and quillons, the ends of the quillons with floral sprays, the handle terminating in a lion head with movable tongue, the wood scabbard clad in red velvet
92.5 cm. long
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.
Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 648, cat. no. 456.
Inscriptions: undeciphered.
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A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) with watered-steel hilt
India, 19th Century
the single-edged watered steel blade of curved form, chiselled and decorated in gold overlay to one side with an inscription-filled cartouche, the forte to both sides with a lobed half palmette cartouche containing floral scrollwork, above floral motifs in square panels, the hilt of typical form of watered-steel decorated in gold overlay with a foliate border and chevrons to the inner handle and quillons, the ends of the quillons with floral sprays, the handle terminating in a lion head with movable tongue, the wood scabbard clad in red velvet
92.5 cm. long
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.
Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 648, cat. no. 456.
Inscriptions: undeciphered.
