Carved ivory handles on Indian edged weapons

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Carved ivory handles on Indian edged weapons

20th November 2016, 04:46 PM	#14
Likhari Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: USA Posts: 34	The tiger head motif was quite popular on Indian weapons and had a special significance for Tipu Sultan. Here we have a carved ivory tulwar handle from Sotheby's with a tiger head on the pommel and also on the quillon tips Attached Images

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