An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
SoldA fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such
SoldA talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
SoldIndian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
SoldEnglish rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
GalleryAll steel / wootz dagger
The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
SoldBikaner elephant katar
Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
SoldA fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
GalleryTen avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
GalleryA fine bichuwa with gold decor
A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
SoldTalwar with southern style hilt
With a curved hollow ground blade with a narrow dorsal groove and false backedge.
SoldSouth Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
SoldAll-steel Bundi katar
The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.
SoldDeccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
SoldOttoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
SoldChiseled iron Hindu basket hilt
With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.
SoldNorth Indian sosun pattah
A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.
SoldChilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-