A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Стартовая цена
1500000GBP £ 1 500 000
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ID 1033064
Лот 100 | A SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE PERSONAL ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN (R. 1782-99)
Оценочная стоимость
£ 1 500 000 – 2 000 000
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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