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A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)

Starting price
£ 1 500 000
Auction dateClassic
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 1033064
Lot 100 | A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)
A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)

MYSORE, DECCAN, INDIA, DATED MAULUDI 122[4]/1796-97 AD

The large slightly curved unfullered steel blade double-edged at the tip, one side overlaid with a gilt nasta'liq inscription set within a cartouche, struck with a Mysore Haidar bubri control mark, the blued-steel hilt of typical tulwar form, the tiger head langet extensively inscribed in gold nasta'liq, the grip, knuckle-guard, and quillons similarly inscribed, the date in numerals on the underside of the quillon, the edges of the hilt with bubri tiger-stripe decoration, the disc pommel similarly decorated and with suspension loop fitting, the wooden scabbard clad entirely in brown tooled leather with gold chape

34 ½in. (87.5cm.) long





Provenance

Tipu Sultan of Mysore (1757-1799)

Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (d. 1805), by 1799

Thence by descent
Place of origin:India, Asia
Category:Sword
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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