A GOLD-DAMASCENED SWORD (TULWAR)
A GOLD-DAMASCENED SWORD (TULWAR)
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A GOLD-DAMASCENED SWORD (TULWAR)

INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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A GOLD-DAMASCENED SWORD (TULWAR)
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged watered-steel blade, the hilt gold-damascened with foliate motifs, minor rubbing to the hilt
37 3/8in. (94.9cm.) long

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Lot Essay

For two examples of Sikh swords which bear some similarities to our example see, Davinder Toor, In Pursuit of Empire, Treasures from the Toor Collection of Sikh Art, London, 2018, pp. 70, 74.

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