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Lot 39

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 18TH CENTURY with slightly curved double-edged crucible steel blade formed with a pair of long converging fullers divided by a slender rib and with a reinforced point, iron hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets each decorated with a conventional flower, arched guard, a pair of side-bars each with a tapering recessed panel and lobated finial, a pair of grip-bars joined by beads, and decorated throughout with gilt flowers and foliage, in its wooden scabbard with a later leather covering, and large iron mounts decorated en suite with the hilt, comprising chape with bud-shaped terminal and locket with a pierced loop (the gold with losses, the iron parts now russet brown throughout), 54.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D12.

Lot 4

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NAIR, MALABAR COAST, KARNATAKA with very slender long blade of flattened-oval section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets widening towards the hilt, pierced on one side (perhaps for a tassel), large circular guard of low V-section, pronounced pommel of ‘egg-cup’ form comprising two interlocking hemispheres of slightly differing size, button formed en suite, an integral grip swelling in the centre (patinated throughout), 105.0 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C82. Two related examples are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.24.1424) and Junagarh Fort, Bikaner. See Elgood 2004 p. 95.

Lot 40

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), DATED 1842, PROBABALY BANDANWARA, RAJASTHAN with sharply tapering crucible steel blade formed with two pairs of converging fullers on each face and a reinforced point, iron hilt comprising slightly angular guard with a gold-encrusted old Hindi inscription on the inner face, a pair of slender side bars with gold encrusted flowers on each side of the tips, a pair of burnished faceted grip-bars, and in fine condition throughout, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard shaped to accommodate the base of the hilt, with finely pierced silver chape decorated with engraved flowers, and complete with an early leather belt with silver buckle, 43.4 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D07. The inscription includes a pious invocation, the year and place of manufacture.

Lot 41

A NORTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), KUTCH, SIND, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with tapering blade formed with a pair of slender fullers and a reinforced point, hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets, pronounced V-shaped guard, a pair of shaped side-bars, decorated with conventional foliage and a flower on the outside, grip-bar interrupted by a large faceted central polygon and retaining much early silver plated finish, 44.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D62.

Lot 42

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABALY BANGALORE OR MYSORE, KARNATAKA with recurved blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a reinforced tip, brass hilt retaining traces of early silver finish, comprising a pair of foliate langets, recurved grip formed as a stylised lion’s body with a Yali head top and bottom, and engraved recurved knuckle-guard with foliate tip, 24.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D32.

Lot 43

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TAMIL NADU with recurved blade, brass hilt cast and chased in relief, comprising shaped langets, up-turned bud-shaped quillon, integral grip rising to a Yali head pommel, the latter issuant with a ropework knuckle-guard, 22.5 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D46.

Lot 44

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with recurved fullered blade formed with a reinforced point, engraved brass hilt cast and chased in relief, comprising a pair of shaped langets, one inscribed with the date 1257 (1835 AD) recurved knuckle-guard and integral grip formed as a tiger’s body rising to a Yali head pommel, 30.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D58.

Lot 45

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade, brass hilt cast and chased in relief, comprising shaped border-engraved langets, oval guard with beaded border and vestigial quillon, foliate knuckle-guard rising from a pair of addorsed Yali heads at the base, and integral grip with Yali head pommel, 32.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D125.

Lot 46

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 17TH CENTURY AND LATER, POSSIBLY KERALA with broad recurved single-edged blade, copper alloy hilt extending over the forte, including moulded knuckle-guard, low-capped pommel decorated with beadwork, and tapering grip with raised bands at the top, bottom and centre, 41.5 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D45.

Lot 48

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed entirely of steel, with recurved double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, integral flattened hilt incorporating a pair of trilobate mouldings at each end, and bud-shaped pommel (areas of light pitting), 27.7 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D114.

Lot 49

A FINE SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU with recurved double-edged blade formed with a series of slender converging fullers on each side of the forte and reinforced tip, brass hilt cast and chased in high relief, comprising a pair of foliate langets, pierced outer guard decorated with a symmetrical design of foliage inhabited by monsters with a large central flower issuant with a protruding Yali head, inner guard interrupted with a central flowerhead, and moulded bud-shaped pommel, 37.5 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D49.

Lot 5

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN BROADSWORD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS OR GINGEE with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section (perhaps associated), widening to the width of the hilt at the forte, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of long shaped langets, upward-curved guard, pommel en suite with the guard and fitted with an additional shaped bar (small restorations, areas of pitting), and integral banded grip with central moulded collar, 76.5 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C70. Similar swords are preserved in the British Museum, London (nos. 096145 and 293376) and the Victoria and Albert Museum. See Elgood 2004, p. 89, figs 8.34 and 8.35 and Rawson 1968 plates 18-20.

Lot 50

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY PROBABLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA formed entirely of steel, with recurved blade formed with a series of converging slender fullers on each face, D-shaped hilt extending over the forte in a pair of foliate langets, knuckle-guard finely pierced and chiselled on the outside with a pair of opposing Yali in the centre, and stout conical pommel, 37.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D04.

Lot 52

A CENTRAL INDIAN DAGGER (BIDCHIR), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with recurved double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, slotted iron half-basket guard, and horn grip extending to form an additional prong for parrying, 37.2 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D06.

Lot 53

˜ AN INDO-PERSIAN DAGGER (KARD), 17TH/18TH CENTURY with straight single-edged crucible steel blade of flattened-triangular section (small areas of pitting), inlaid with gold scrolls and foliage within a shaped linear frame on each side of the forte, moulded faceted forte encrusted with gold flowers, back-strap encrusted with further scrolls of gold-encrusted foliage within delicate beadwork frames (rubbed) and marine ivory grip-scales, 36.8 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D25.

Lot 54

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MALABAR COAST with curved crescentic blade formed with a fuller along the back-edge, moulded bud-shaped point, sharp inner edge and broadening at the forte, engraved iron figure-of-eight shaped guard rising to a broad knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shaped finial, carved wooden grip with broad iron ferrule at the base, elliptical pommel fitted with concentric washers with scrolling terminals, 74.0 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C122.

Lot 55

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MALABAR COAST with curved crescentic blade with sharp inner edge, engraved with a flower on each side at the forte, iron hilt including knuckle-guard with recurved bud-shaped finial, and hardwood grip (one repaired crack), rising to a pear-shaped pommel with stepped iron cap, 60.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C64.

Lot 57

A FINE SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (MOPLAH), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MALABAR, KARNATAKA with broad single-edged hatchet blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid in silver with a slender panel of scrollwork along the back edge, applied with pierced and chased silver scrollwork on each side over the forte (the tip with small dents), chased tapering silver socket, horn grip with angular pommel, applied with a long silver panel on each face chased with a running pattern of scrollwork and further inlaid panels en suite with the forte, 59.7 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D17.

Lot 58

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (PICHANGETTI), COORG, KARNATAKA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with single-edged hatchet blade formed with a clipped-back point, engraved with pairs of lines along the back-edge on each face and with a filed design on the back, notched and moulded at the forte, brass ferrule, and long carved grip with beaked pommel, 42.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D80.

Lot 59

A SOUTH INDIAN FIGHTING DAGGER (KOPIS), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade formed with a sharply tapering double-edged point, the lower half of triangular-section, inlaid with an engraved copper alloy panel along the back-edge, chiselled and engraved with a monster at the base, and turned hardwood grip fitted with an iron collar and a square washer at the top, 41.7 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number C89.

Lot 60

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VIZIANAGARAM, MADRAS OR THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU with curved hooked blade formed with a groove along the back edge and sharpened inner edge, pierced and chiselled at the forte with a peacock on each face, on an associated wooden haft with iron ferrule, 59.2 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E11.

Lot 62

A SOUTH INDIAN AXE (PHARASA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABALY TRAVANCORE, KERALA with curved axe-head engraved on each face with a central lotus flower, moulded terminal spike and rear pean, faceted haft with raised writhen mouldings, moulded mushroom-shaped threaded basal moulding incorporating a long concealed stiletto, and retaining some early silver finish throughout, 55.7 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E13.

Lot 63

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN AXE (PHARASA), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with crescentic axe-blade rising to a further smaller blade with reinforced tip and a leaf-shaped terminal spike, engraved along the back-edge with foliage and linear ornament, five-sided socket chiselled with a leaf at the base of the blade, and later wooden haft, 40.8 cm head Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E12.

Lot 64

A CENTRAL INDIAN AXE (PHARASA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KHOND with recurved axe-blade engraved with dots, foliage and petals along the back-edge, faceted socket, on a wooden haft with an iron cap top and bottom, 89.7 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E19.

Lot 66

A SOUTH INDIAN IRON BOOMERANG (VALARI), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU with curved blunt-edged body widening towards the tip, fitted with a pair of compressed hemispheres with internal rattles at one end, bound with a pair of cusped panels at the other, and engraved with rudimentary linear designs on each face, 39.5 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number K09. A related example is preserved in the British Museum (Acc. No. 8969).

Lot 67

A RARE MASSIVE INDIAN GILT COPPER ALLOY MACE (HANUMAN GADA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KERALA with bulbous head formed of a series of vertical orange-like segments, tapering moulded terminal, and spirally moulded integral haft with pointed base, and retaining much early gilt finish throughout,92.5 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E37. Maces of this type are associated with the Hindu God Hanuman and are carried in the right hand as symbols of sovereignty.

Lot 68

A SOUTH INDIAN MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with bulbous head formed of eight shaped flanges, with a faceted bud-shaped finial, a beaded rondel at the bottom, on its cylindrical haft with moulded terminal, 65.0 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E20.

Lot 7

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, TAMIL NADU OR TRAVANCORE with broad blade of flattened hollow-diamond section swelling towards the tip, copper alloy hilt comprising a pair of long tapering langets with shaped borders chiselled with foliage, broad curved rectangular guard with down-turned brim, sectional pommel, the lower portion en suite with a series of rattles above, and moulded grip, 67.7 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C41. A group of related swords are preserved in the Nambalakottai temple, Tamil Nadu.

Lot 73

A SOUTH INDIAN LARGE SPEAR HEAD (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with broad leaf-shaped head of hollow-diamond section, formed with a deep recessed panel divided by a slender rib rising from a lotus flowerhead supported at its base by a pair of Yali on each face, long tapering spirally moulded socket chiselled with a moulded collar at the top and bottom each decorated with beadwork and foliage (the head with a small hole and small chips, pitted), 54.0 cm Roy Elvis catalogue number F25. A closely related though slightly less elaborate example from the same collection was sold in this room, 26th June 2023, lot 64.

Lot 74

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA with broad straight tapering head of hollow-diamond section terminating in a reinforced sharp point, flaring at the base to a pair of sharp lugs (small repairs), tubular brass socket with three raised writhen collars and a further larger collar at the top with pierced and engraved down-turned brim, on a later haft with iron shoe, 261.4 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number F21. Another example was sold in this room, 28th June 2023, lot 69.

Lot 75

A PAIR OF SOUTH INDIAN SILVER-ENCRUSTED PARTISANS, 18TH CENTURY, TRIVANDRUM, KARNATAKA each with broad double-edged terminal blade of flattened-diamond section, formed with a pair of grooves and inlaid with engraved silver scrolling foliage and flowers, broad base formed with a pair of up-turned lugs, encrusted with an elaborate spray of flowers and foliage on a finely punched ground on each face all within a ropework frame, tapering partly faceted socket divided by raised bands, a pair of long straps, the socket and straps decorated with inlaid silver foliage en suite with the blades (small losses), polished hardwood haft (one bent) and tapering iron shoe with disc-shaped moulding and robust terminal spike, 228.3 cm overall (2) ProvenanceSchloss Marienburg, Lower Saxony Roy Elvis catalogue number F08.

Lot 76

A NORTHWEST INDIAN SPEAR, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY HADOTI, RAJASTHAN with triangular blade formed with a medial ridge and a reinforced point, chiselled at the base with a lotus flower and held in the jaws of a Makara head, tapering faceted socket fitted with a pair of down-curved arms each formed as a stylised elephant’s head with recurved bird’s head finial, polished hardwood haft, and tapering faceted iron shoe with arrow-shaped spike, 251.0 cm, overall, Roy Elvis catalogue number F13 (bis).

Lot 77

A SOUTH INDIAN SPEAR (VEL), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with leaf-shaped head of flattened-diamond section, a pair of short vestigial basal lugs, short tapering faceted socket, a broad silver collar, on a portion of its wooden haft with four copper bands and a white metal band 85.2 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F38.

Lot 78

A NORTHWEST INDIAN SPEAR, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY HADOTI, RAJASTHAN with tapering double-edged point formed with a rectangular base held in the jaws of a stylised serpent (restored), tapering moulded faceted socket, polished hardwood haft, and tapering faceted iron shoe with arrow-shaped spike, 250.0 cm, overall Roy Elvis catalogue number F13.

Lot 79

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN PARRYING SPEAR, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with tapering leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge, silver-plated iron haft decorated with a spiralling design over its length, fitted at the centre with a silver-plated moulded knuckle-guard, moulded at the base, and with a finely bound grip of plaited silver wire and ribband (small losses), 80.5 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F09.

Lot 8

A RARE INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR GOLCONDA, ANDHRA PRADESH with broad double-edged straight crucible steel blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets with pierced borders and foliate terminals, widening at the base to form a pair of quillons pierced en suite, oval guard with elaborately pierced border involving addorsed monsters rising to a broad knuckle-guard, pear-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, and pronounced faceted bud-shaped pommel (hilt with small chips and holes, rear guard cracked, pitted throughout), 78.2 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C110. Probably a Royal sword, the hilt would originally have had a silver or silver-gilt finish.

Lot 81

A SOUTH INDIAN LANCE SHOE (BARSHA), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADRAS, TAMIL NADU with tapering spike, two pronounced fluted onion-shaped mouldings, and tapering socket with flanged rim, 31.3 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number F23.

Lot 82

A NORTH WEST INDIAN MAIL SHIRT FOR A CHILD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LAHORE of small butted iron rings of circular section wire decorated with diamond-shaped panels of matching copper alloy rings, open at the front, vented at the back, and with a pair of long arms (small losses), 48.0 cm high Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A25.

Lot 83

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE SHIRT (ZEREH BAGTAR), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR GOLCONDA, ANDRHA PRADESH formed of riveted rings of D-section wire alternating with heavy solid rings, open at the front, a pair of half-length arms, extending to the waist, vented at the back, the front, back, and sides fitted with vertical panels of rectangular lamellar plates over the torso, those on the back arranged over six columns with two tall panels on each side with a Devanagari inscriptions, and those at the front arranged over four columns on each side (small losses, some minor early internally patched repairs, expert restorations), 67.0 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A16. The inscriptions include the name Maharajah Anup Singh and 'No. 10'. A related shirt, with more elaborate plates inscribed to Maharajah Anup Singh is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 2000.497). Maharaja Anup Singh (reigned 1669-98) was a general in the armies of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1618-1707) and led a series of campaigns in the Deccan including battles at Golconda in 1687 and Adoni in 1689. Most of the arms and armour captured by him was then placed in his armoury at Bikaner. It is likely that this shirt originates from Bijapur, the richest and most powerful state in the Deccan until its defeat by Aurangzeb. Mail shirts reinforced with steel or iron plates were probably introduced to India during the early Mughal period by the Ottomans. See Alexander 2015, p. 46, no. 13.

Lot 84

AN INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR SHIRT, 17TH CENTURY of D-section rivetted rings alternating with solid rings, open at the front, extending and flaring over the thighs, with a pair of full-length arms, fitted with two large plates at the front, each with three hasps for closure, a pair of additional plates on each side, and with three columns of downward lapping cusped plates over the back, 75.0 cm high Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A19.

Lot 85

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE HELMET (TOP), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA formed of eight slightly curved tapering plates of low V-section (three holed), each fitted with a beaded border and joined together by three rows of rivetted mail rings of flattened D-section wire, fitted at the apex with a small rondel fitted with later bud-shaped finial, the front plate with a staple for a nasal, fitted at the base with four plates each with curved lower edge (one cracked, one replaced), fitted at each side with a cheek-defence of two plates (one cracked, one with small holes, one replaced) and at the rear with a neck defence of nine plates (small losses, the mail with restorations, rusted throughout), 43.0 cm high Roy Elvis catalogue Number A11. Helmets of this form may be dated anywhere from 1525-1625 and were worn in Mysore at the end of the 18th century. A closely related helmet is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 36.25.13), see Elgood 2004, p. 61.

Lot 87

A NORTH INDIAN MAIL AND LAMELLAR HELMET (TOP), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN formed of twenty-two tall horizontally-lapping shaped plates joined by a narrow panel of riveted mail to a row of shorter matching plates above and below, the former joined by a further panel of mail to a central finial with conical plume-holder and the latter triangular panels of mail for the neck and ears (small losses, restorations), 41.0 cm high Roy Elvis catalogue Number A38.

Lot 9

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (FIRANGI), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR GOLCONDA, ANDHRA PRADESH with European straight blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with a brief inscription within a pair of long slender fullers on each face (small areas of light pitting), finely pierced and chiselled iron hilt with beadwork borders, extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of langets with shaped foliate terminals, a pair of quillons with pierced bud-shaped terminals, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section, broad knuckle-guard, cup-shaped pommel with long attenuated button, integral grip with an early red velvet covering and the hilt with a padded green velvet liner on the guard, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard (small losses, opening at the seam), 106.7 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C28.

Lot 91

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate (one small hole) and a hinged inner plate, the borders reinforced with a cusped panel, the outer plate embossed with an elliptical moulding at the wrist and retaining traces of early silver plated finish, 21.7 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A49.

Lot 92

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate and hinged inner plate with reinforced borders, embossed with an ellipse over the wrist on the outside, and the outer surface profusely decorated with silver koftgari flowers and foliage, 33.5 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A48.

Lot 93

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate and hinged inner plate with reinforced borders (slightly compressed), embossed with an ellipse over the wrist on the outside, and the outer surface profusely decorated with symmetrical designs of gold koftgari flowers and foliage (small losses), 29.5 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A51.

Lot 94

A FINE SOUTH INDIAN GILT COPPER SHIELD (DHAL), PROBABLY HYDERABAD 15TH/16TH CENTURY of low domed convex form, comprising layers of copper joined by numerous copper rivets, the outer face with a central rondel set with four bosses with large carved rock crystal flowerheads (associated, possibly 17th/18th Century) corresponding to four later rings for enarmes on the inside, embossed with five concentric circles of pointed scales with a broad cusped band at the top and a plain band at the base, and much early gilding, 51.8 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B06. The scale pattern is notably unusual on Indian arms and armour. A related example in steel is preserved in the Furusiya Art Foundation Collection. See Mohamed 2007, p. 369, no. 351. A katar with similar decoration, attributed to Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and formerly in the George Cameron Stone Collection is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 36.25.1017). A gilt-copper bazu band decorated in the same manner is preserved in the Government Museum, Chenai (no. 1971). See Elgood 2004, p. 61.

Lot 98

A SOUTH INDIAN BUCKLER (PARICHA), LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE of circular convex form with strongly outward-turned brim, fitted with four bosses decorated with flowerheads and corresponding to small rings on the inside for enarmes, the outer surface chiselled with a small central flowerhead, a broad frieze of flowerheads, foliage and geometric designs within beadwork frames, 32.0 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B09.

Lot 99

A SOUTH INDIAN BUCKLER (PARICHA), LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE of circular convex form with strongly outward-turned brim, fitted with four bosses each formed as an elaborate flowerhead with pierced stellate flanged base, corresponding to small rings on the inside for enarmes, the outer surface fitted with an additional boss shaped as a crescent, with traces of original gilding, and the inside with its padded cushion, 36.0 cm diameter Roy Elvis Catalogue Number B13.

Lot 471

Elvis Presley 24ct gold disc, Burning Love, limited edition 41/1500. Not available for in-house P&P

Lot 70

A collection of assorted 45s to include Meatloaf "Bat out of Hell", Alexei Sayle "Hello John got a new motor?", The Tigers "Kidding Stops", Mike Oldfield "Portsmouth", Bryan Ferry "Smoke gets in your eyes", The Doll "Desire me", Elvis Presley "Come what may", etc.

Lot 105

Records : Collection of rare box sets inc Greenslade, Elvis, ELO etc

Lot 118

Records : Small box of 45s singles - interesting lot inc Elvis, Beatles, Tin Machine, Bowie etc (40+)

Lot 153

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY 7" singles in a case interesting lot inc Elvis Speaks Japanese pressings (5) 16 number ones plus other collectable items - all great cond

Lot 154

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY - super collection of 7" singles, imports, specials many repros super condition - great lot (90 approx)

Lot 155

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY - A small case of EPs great lot, early issues, USA press etc (22)

Lot 159

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY 7" singles - great conditions inc RCA red covers/green covers - gold discs, 50th Anniv etc (90+)

Lot 160

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY CD albums issued early 2000s in card folders great condition (19)

Lot 174

Records : Elvis Presley - Super collection of EPs many originals & picture discs - great conditions (36) inc Blue Moon Boys 7"

Lot 180

Records : ELVIS PRESLEY 7" singles early issues on HMV - POP359 x2, 378 x2, 7M424 (5) - beautiful conditions - all barely played

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