An Indian Tulwar, 19th Century

An Indian Tulwar
19th Century
With curved blade etched with a watered pattern overall and double-edged in front of the yelman to the point, cut with a central fuller and three groups of three narrow fullers between dots along the back on each side, the forte on both sides with similar fullers and crescent marks, and characteristic russet steel hilt lightly gold-damascened with flowering foliage within line borders overall
71 cm. blade