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Lot 20*

A Massive Indian Processional Headsman's Sword (Tegha)
19th Century

24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Massive Indian Processional Headsman's Sword (Tegha)
19th Century

With broad blade etched in imitation of wootz steel and with bright cutting edge and double-edges to the point of flattened diamond section, narrow central fuller over each side issuing from a multi-grooved gold-damascened arch and with fleur-de-lys shaped finials, the forte on one side with addorsed gold-damascened 'eye-lash' marks surmounted by gold inscriptions in devangari and nasta'liq respectively, and on the other with gold-damascened sun-in-splendour, the back-edge on both sides cut with gold-damascened multi-grooves between four quadrilateral panels each damascened with flowering gold foliage, steel hilt gold-damascened with line borders of running foliage and with flowering foliage on each side of the grip, comprising blunt langets, quillons with disc-shaped tips, large disc-shaped pommel, and bud-shaped finial on a rayed dome, and faceted grip drawn-out to a point on each side
96 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance
The Vidas Collection
Thomas Del Mar Ltd. In association With Sotheby's, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 25 June 2008, lot 13

The devangari inscription reads in translation 'Oum Rajpura'. Rajpura is a city in Patiala, Punjab. The nasta'liq inscription reads 'Singhachi' and is probably the owner's name

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