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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE STEEL PARRYING WEAPON (MADU)
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE STEEL PARRYING WEAPON (MADU)
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Both ends in the form of blackbuck horns, the grips similarly ringed and attached with makara heads, with four holes for further mounts in the mouths of the makaras
32 5/8in. (83 cm.) long
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Both ends in the form of blackbuck horns, the grips similarly ringed and attached with makara heads, with four holes for further mounts in the mouths of the makaras
32 5/8in. (83 cm.) long
Literature
Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, p.305, no.204
Exhibited
India: Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
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