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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A SWORD (TALWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIR MUHAMMAD MURAD-‘ALI KHAN TALPUR (R. 1828-32)
THE BLADE SIGNED MUHAMMAD KAZIM SHIRAZI, IRAN AND SINDH, LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A SWORD (TALWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIR MUHAMMAD MURAD-‘ALI KHAN TALPUR (R. 1828-32)
THE BLADE SIGNED MUHAMMAD KAZIM SHIRAZI, IRAN AND SINDH, LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel sword with pronounced ladder pattern, the plain silvered steel hilt of typical ‘talwar’ form, slightly curved, with knuckleguard and elaborate wrist-strap loop at the pommel, the brown leather-wrapped wooden scabbard with en-suite silvered mounts, including leather belt with en-suite belt mounts
40 ½in. (103cm.) long
THE BLADE SIGNED MUHAMMAD KAZIM SHIRAZI, IRAN AND SINDH, LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel sword with pronounced ladder pattern, the plain silvered steel hilt of typical ‘talwar’ form, slightly curved, with knuckleguard and elaborate wrist-strap loop at the pommel, the brown leather-wrapped wooden scabbard with en-suite silvered mounts, including leather belt with en-suite belt mounts
40 ½in. (103cm.) long
Literature
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no. 215
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p. 56, no. 315
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p. 56, no. 315
Exhibited
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
Engraved
In the teardrop cartouche, ‘Sarkar Mir Muhammad Murad ‘Ali Khan Talpur’
In the rectangular cartouche, ‘work of Muhammad Kazim Isfahani’
In the rectangular cartouche, ‘work of Muhammad Kazim Isfahani’
Further Details
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