the single edged steel blade of convex form, decorated in gold inlay near the forte, to the grip and pommel with floral and vegetal motifs, the forte in the form of a tiger head inlaid with gemstones, the wood scabbard decorated to the top in lacquer with a bird and a deer on a ground of floral designs 100 cm. long (2)
Bonhams : A gold koftgari steel Tulwar Hilt Mughal India, late 18th Century
Bonhams To Sell Recent Discovery Of Gem-set Gold Gem From The Fabled Throne Of Tipu Sultan, The Tiger Of Mysore - Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong
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Bonhams : A gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) with Ottoman gem-set gilt-silver mounts Persia and Turkey, 18th and 19th Century
Bonhams : A gold-koftgari steel sword (khanda) India, 19th Century
Bonhams to Sell Second Gold Gem-Set Finial From Fabled Throne of Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore - Alain.R.Truong
Electronic Auction 550 Classical Numismatic Group
Bonhams : A gilt-copper hilted steel sword from the armoury of Tipu Sultan Mysore, Seringapatam, late 18th Century
Bonhams : A gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) with Ottoman gem-set gilt-silver mounts Persia and Turkey, 18th and 19th Century
Bonhams : A pair of Royal gold koftgari steel camel-mounted guns (zamburaks) Ajmer, Rajasthan, dated Samvat 1952/ AD 1895(2)
A gold-inlaid bronze 'tiger' fragment, Warring States period, 戰國 青銅鎏金虎型鐏, The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection, 2023
Bonhams : A pair of Royal gold koftgari steel camel-mounted guns (zamburaks) Ajmer, Rajasthan, dated Samvat 1952/ AD 1895(2)