Live Auction 7987Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
A BUFFALO HORN BOW
Lot 437

A BUFFALO HORN BOW

NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 October 2011

Price Realised

GBP 4,750

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A BUFFALO HORN BOW
NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form with green velvet covered cylindrical grip with silver end mounts, two further silver rope bands on either side of the grip
47 7/8in. (121.9cm.) long

Specialist note

A similar bow, with an inscription mentioning that it was captured during the Indian Mutiny in 1857, was sold in Sotheby's, 1 April 2009, lot 144.