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    Les Collections du Château de Gourdon

    Paris

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    29 - 31 March 2011

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    • Rapière d'ornement dans le sty
    Lot 549

    Rapière d'ornement dans le style italien du début du XVIIème siècle

    Rapière d'ornement dans le style italien du début du XVIIème siècle

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    EUR 1,000

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    EUR 300 - EUR 500

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    Rapière d'ornement dans le style italien du début du XVIIème siècle
    Lame en pointe à double tranchant de section losangique, monture formée de branches galbées et quillons droits, fusée filigranée spiralée.
    Lame 118 cm (46.4 in.)

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    A decorative swept-hilt rapier in Italian early 17th century style
    With tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, hilt formed of bars with swelling straight quillons, and spirally fluted wire-bound grip.


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