Deux épées en acier (tulwars), Inde XVIII-XIXe siècle Two steel...
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Deux épées en acier (tulwars), Inde XVIII-XIXe siècle
Two steel swords (tulwars), India, 18th/19th Century
the first with straight tapering single-edged blade with fuller, the steel hilt decorated in gold overlay, with velvet clad wood scabbard; the second with straight single-edged watered-steel blade with fuller and engraved cartouche to one side, with gold and silver overlaid steel hilt
the larger 91 cm. long(2)
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux épées en acier (tulwars), Inde XVIII-XIXe siècle
Two steel swords (tulwars), India, 18th/19th Century
the first with straight tapering single-edged blade with fuller, the steel hilt decorated in gold overlay, with velvet clad wood scabbard; the second with straight single-edged watered-steel blade with fuller and engraved cartouche to one side, with gold and silver overlaid steel hilt
the larger 91 cm. long(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.