AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A LUCKNOW INDIA SABER WITH A GILT HILT, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: $800

Estimated price: $1,300 - $1,800

Buyer's premium:

With Damascus steel slightly curved blade inlaid with silver in koftgari, forming floral foliage, gilded copper hilt in the shape of a Makara swallowing a fish. The scabbard is covered with red velvet with openwork gilt bronze mounts.Lucknow, India, early 19th century.

Dimensions: L: 35 1/2 in., (85 cm.)

Condition: Good overall, some silver inlay is partially lost on the forte, original scabbard velvet is worn.