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

Lot 100
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 1 500 000
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Lot 100 | A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)
Valeur estimée
£ 1 500 000 – 2 000 000
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
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