Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Indo-Persian sword with Wootz blade and parrot hilt

kai · 13th July 2016, 02:00 AM

A quite similar sword got sold by Czerny's for a total of approx. US$2450 earlier this year:
http://www.czernys.com/auctions_lot....ta=57&lang=eng

Note the hilt again displays the parrot motif as well as silver koftgari! Longer with a total length of 76.5 cm. Again no scabbard surviving.

From the pics, I can't make out wether the blade is made of wootz - my piece certainly is (of rather low contrast though).

Any comments/updates by forumites specialising on India?

Any additional pieces surfacing? One more example and we have a rare pattern/type emerging...

Regards,
Kai

13th July 2016, 02:00 AM	#26
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,218	Getting closer... A quite similar sword got sold by Czerny's for a total of approx. US$2450 earlier this year: http://www.czernys.com/auctions_lot....ta=57&lang=eng Note the hilt again displays the parrot motif as well as silver koftgari! Longer with a total length of 76.5 cm. Again no scabbard surviving. From the pics, I can't make out wether the blade is made of wootz - my piece certainly is (of rather low contrast though). Any comments/updates by forumites specialising on India? Any additional pieces surfacing? One more example and we have a rare pattern/type emerging... Regards, Kai Attached Images