An acid-etched steel sword (tulwar) with deities...
An acid-etched steel sword (tulwar) with deities and animals, India, 19th century, the curved steel blade decorated to one side with scenes of elephants, deer and birds arranged within oval cartouches to the length of the blade, the other side with similar arrangement of figures including Hanuman, Radha and Krishna, plain bronze hilt, 82cm. long
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An acid-etched steel sword (tulwar) with deities and animals, India, 19th century, the curved steel blade decorated to one side with scenes of elephants, deer and birds arranged within oval cartouches to the length of the blade, the other side with similar arrangement of figures including Hanuman, Radha and Krishna, plain bronze hilt, 82cm. long
