Deux épées en acier à décor koftgari or et argent...

PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux épées en acier à décor koftgari or et argent (tulwars), Inde XIXe siècle
Two silver and gold koftgari-steel swords (tulwars), India, 19th Century
each with curved and tapering single-edged blade and steel hilt decorated in gold and silver overlay with floral decoration, one with a series of inscription-filled cartouches in nagari to the pommel
the larger 88 cm. long(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.

For a gold koftgari-hilted tulwar sold at Bonhams, London, see Islamic and Indian Art, 30 March 2021, lot 107.