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AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, 19TH CENTURY
AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, 19TH CENTURY with curved crucible steel blade double-edged towards the point (areas of pitting), iron hilt of characteristic form decorated over its entire surface with symmetrical arrnagements of leafy tendrils enclosing and interrupted by expanded flowerheads, comprising a pair of langets, quillons with bulbous terminals, one joined to the knuckle-guard, large disc pommel, and pierced attenuated conical button, in a contemporary wooden scabbatrd with red silk covering, 75.2 cm blade
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AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR) WITH SILVER-ENCRUSTED HILT, 19TH CENTURY
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