ID 727240
Lot 82 | THE SWORD (TULWAR) OF ZULFIQAR KHAN NUSRAT JUNG (D.1713)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
NORTH INDIA, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The curved flat double-edged blade of pattern welded Damascus steel with an inscription in nasta'liq near the forte, the steel hilt finely damascened with a dense floral ground, the knuckle-guard with opposing bird's heads and inscriptions in devanagari on the inside, with velvet-lined scabbard
35in. (88.9cm.) long
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Category: | Swords |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Category: | Swords |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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