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A SUIT OF KHEVSUR ARMORA RARE HIGH ART MORION HELMETAN INDIAN BLUNDERBUSS
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Cheyenne, WY, United States
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AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2011 ARMS & ARMOR

Arms & Armor auction including items from around the world from the period of 14th century thru the early 20th century. Swords,rifles,pistols,armor,and various militaria are included.
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A CAUCASIAN SHASHKA SWORD AND MATCHING GAZIRI: Circassian work, the hilt, suspension band, juncture mount and 12 gaziri caps all of silver, finely engraved and nielloed overall. The grip, bolsters and caps displaying curvilinear motifs nielloed
0145: A CAUCASIAN SHASHKA SWORD AND MATCHING GAZIRIEst. $5,000-$5,500
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AN OTTOMAN BALTA BATTLEAXE: A rare Bosnian example, the form a survival of medieval Balkan bearded types. The surface deeply inlaid overall with silver in intertwining vine motifs, marked on the inner edge with the Ottoman
0146: AN OTTOMAN BALTA BATTLEAXEEst. $600-$800
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A FINE OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSS: A rare form which was extremely popular throughout the Ottoman Empire, the walnut stock well carved in baroque motifs, with extensive panels of silver wire inlay to the butt, the wrist chequered. The
0147: A FINE OTTOMAN BLUNDERBUSSEst. $1,000-$1,200
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A FINE INDIAN SHAMSHIR SWORD: The steel hilt inlaid overall in silver with geometrical stars bounded by lineal borders. The moderately curved, single-edged blade well forged of a silver-gray wootz damascus steel with complex
0148: A FINE INDIAN SHAMSHIR SWORDEst. $1,200-$1,400
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A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERHORN: Of hide, a very good example tooled and polychromed with birds and Persian poetic inscriptions, with pierced iron toggle and pricker, suspended from a multi-strand braided leather lanyard. Dated 1302
0149: A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERHORNEst. $150-$200
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FINE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PRESENTATION DAGGER: A masterful example of Imperial Russian metalworking, the hunting-style dagger mounted in finely chiseled and blued steel in classical Russian intertwining foliate motifs, superbly detailed on a
0150: FINE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PRESENTATION DAGGEREst. $30,000-$35,000
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A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGER: Of characteristic form with flared pommel, the wooden grip and scabbard with deeply-engraved silver and brass mounts, with lightly-curved blade. Late 19th-early 20th century. Overall length cm.
0151: A MOROCCAN KOUMIYYAH DAGGEREst. $75-$100
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A COSSACK KINDJAL SHORTSWORD: A massive example of the type, strongly associated with the Black Sea Cossacks, the horn grip of typical form with large rectangular pommel and ferrule with finely engraved and nielloed mounts, the
0152: A COSSACK KINDJAL SHORTSWORDEst. $3,000-$3,500
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A RARE MOPLAH SWORD: A weapon endemic to the Moplahs, or Mapillas, a Muslim group of Malabar. The carved wooden grip hooked and faceted with semicircular fingerstall and long, profiled and beaded ferrule. The blade
0153: A RARE MOPLAH SWORDEst. $200-$300
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A FINE INDIAN SHAMSHIR SWORD: The persiform hilt iron-mounted and finely inlaid with Qur'anic inscriptions in gold on a russet ground. The dark horn grips with fingerstalls, the tangbands inlaid with gold vinework. The long,
0154: A FINE INDIAN SHAMSHIR SWORDEst. $1,500-$2,000
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A SUIT OF KHEVSUR ARMOR: Virtually never encountered, a complete suit comprising a handwoven gambeson embellished with embroidery and applied beads and buttons of differing origins and periods, a misiurka-type helmet with
0155: A SUIT OF KHEVSUR ARMOREst. $5,000-$6,000
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AN INDIAN KATAR DAGGER: Of characteristic form, the hilt with chiseled grips terminating in acanthus leaves showing traces of silver, the base with curvilinear profiling. The finely-forged blade with sinuous edge treatment,
0156: AN INDIAN KATAR DAGGEREst. $1,800-$2,000
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A RARE GEORGIAN KHMALI SWORD: A superior example of a very rare type, the persiform hilt with silver pommel fully-modeled as an abstract horse's head, struck on the reverse with a Georgian mark, the wooden grip with silver studs
0157: A RARE GEORGIAN KHMALI SWORDEst. $6,000-$6,500
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A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERFLASK: The greenish-brown horn body of characteristic form, with geometrical inlays, the cutoff spring profiled, the steel mounts with pierced motifs. Mid-18th century. Overall length 18.5 cm. Condition II
0158: A PERSIAN BARUTDAN POWDERFLASKEst. $100-$150
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A RARE DAGHESTAN BEBUT DAGGER: Likely produced in an aul or mountain village, mounted entirely in actively-grained horn, the shashka-type grip with pommel carved as a fully-modeled parrot's head with eyes and beak outlined and
0159: A RARE DAGHESTAN BEBUT DAGGEREst. $1,500-$1,700
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A PERSIAN SHAMSHIR SABER: The hilt with steel pommel cap and antler grips, the guard well chiseled with Arabic inscriptions and inlaid in brass. The fine blade of moderate curvature, forged of superior Kara Khorassan wootz
0160: A PERSIAN SHAMSHIR SABEREst. $2,500-$2,700
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A RARE MAMLUK DHIR COAT OF MAIL: Of a culture and period seldom encountered, composed of large, flat, rings, each closed with a triangular rivet and struck with concentric rings. Reaching from neck to mid-thigh and vented at the
0161: A RARE MAMLUK DHIR COAT OF MAILEst. $6,500-$7,500
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A RARE CAUCASIAN SWORD: With characteristic persiform hilt, the iron guard inlaid overall with Arabic inscriptions in gold, the wooden grip covered in black leather and mounted with nielloed silver bands and pommel, and
0162: A RARE CAUCASIAN SWORDEst. $1,800-$2,000
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AN INDIAN BATTLEAXE: The crescent-form head with rectangular pein, thickly overlaid in silver and chiseled in floral and vegetal motifs. The steel haft decorated en suite, the pommel unscrews to reveal a concealed
0163: AN INDIAN BATTLEAXEEst. $500-$600
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A COMPOSITE TWO-HANDED SWORD: The large blade German, with a central fuller running half its length, the remainder of lenticular cross-section, with brass inlaid devices to each side, at the right forte three crosses connected by
0164: A COMPOSITE TWO-HANDED SWORDEst. $1,000-$1,200
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A PERSIAN KHANJAR DAGGER: The shirmani grip of characteristic waisted form, finely carved overall with Persian noblemen and women in Qajar dress and a European with drawn sword, bordered with animals including boars, goats
0165: A PERSIAN KHANJAR DAGGEREst. $800-$900
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AN INDIAN SHAMSHIR SHIKARGAR SABER: A type generally identified as a hunting weapon, the silver hilt with rounded pommel, knucklebow and fleuretted finials, the curved, single-edged blade with well-chiseled panels over its entire
0166: AN INDIAN SHAMSHIR SHIKARGAR SABEREst. $400-$500
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A RARE BUKHARA PITCHAU DAGGER: With mother of pearl grips and nielloed silver tangband and bolster, with a ring of inlaid turquoises characteristic of the type. The lightly recurved blade forged of fine black and silver wootz
0167: A RARE BUKHARA PITCHAU DAGGEREst. $700-$900
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A SWEPTHILT RAPIER SWORD: Probably German, the hilt finely forged of rounded bars with spherical pommel. The wooden grip retains its original complex iron wire wrap and turksheads. The long, double-edged blade of flattened
0168: A SWEPTHILT RAPIER SWORDEst. $2,500-$2,700
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