AN ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET GOLD TULWAR HILT

Lot 67
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 60 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 932070
Lot 67 | AN ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET GOLD TULWAR HILT
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
AN ENAMELLED AND GEM-SET GOLD TULWAR HILT

POSSIBLY JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

The gold hilt with knuckle-bow, set with diamonds in gold settings arranged in floral motifs, enamelled throughout, one side with a green ground and the other a red ground, some stones missing

8 1/2in. (21.5cm.) high





Literature

Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, no. 391, p. 161
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