View Single Post
Old 1st March 2023, 06:41 PM   #5
ariel
Member
 
ariel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 5,503
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidFriedman View Post

May I ask what characteristics point to Mughal for the lance head? I’ve never seen a lance of quite this form before.

Cheers,

David
If you google “ indian spear images ” or mughal spear images” ( or something in that mode) you will find a lot of similar ones. Old site of Oriental_Arms had many. Unfortunately, the new one shortened their archives significantly.

As customary for all handmade weapons, there were some differences between items, but generally, the narrow spearhead and koftgari decoration tell the story.Metropolitan museum has several. Here is just one example.
Attached Images
 

Last edited by ariel; 1st March 2023 at 07:10 PM.
ariel is offline   Reply With Quote