Lot 32
A South Indian Pata, And An Indian Circular DhalThe First 17th Century, The Second Late 19th Century
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £828.75 inc. premium
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A South Indian Pata, And An Indian Circular Dhal
The First 17th Century, The Second Late 19th Century
The First 17th Century, The Second Late 19th Century
The first with European broad tapering double-edged blade with shallow fuller over each side of the forte, characteristic iron hilt shaped over the hand and fore-arm, extending as two plates riveted over the forte and each with shaped terminal, the hand (old holes) with medial ridge and borders chased with running flower-heads, the fore-arm cut with slender vertical flutes, shaped applied border mounts around the hand and upper fore-arm secured by rivets and chiselled in low relief with arabesques, and with numerous cross-shaped piercings along each side, iron wrist-mount, and tubular grip (some wear and rust patination); the second of convex polished brass with four line engraved brass bosses against a ground profusely chased with foliage, the centre with a roundel pierced and chased with foliage centred on a flower-head, the outer border with running foliage en suite, the interior retaining its velvet-covered pad and bracers (2)
95.5 cm. blade and 37 cm. diam.
95.5 cm. blade and 37 cm. diam.
Footnotes
For two related examples to the first and sold in these rooms see Eastern Arms & Armour From the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, 29 April 2015, lots 119 and 120
