Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

142 143142A RARE INDO-PERSIAN KULAH KHUD OF EXCEPTIONALSIZE, 19TH CENTURYwith hemispherical skull formed in one piece, embossed atthe front with a large moustacheod monstrous mask andaround the borders with four smaller embossed masks,fitted at the top with a pair of horns decorated with silverkoftgari, an ear on the left side (the right missing), and inthe centre with a horned devil’s head with trident finial,decorated throughout with engraved and chiselled patternsof characteristic foliage and enriched with gold koftgari,and retaining a portion of its mail neck-defence of buttedlinks (nasal bar and a pair of front plume-holders missing,areas of wear)49cm; 19D in high£800-1000143A JAPANESE KATANAwith slightly curved single-edged blade with wavey hamonand cut with a pair of slender fullers on each side runningover almost its entire length, the tang signed Soshu juHiromitsu and pierced with a single hole (two further holesfilled in its life), and in a lacquered saya52cm; 20I in blade£600-800144A JAPANESE KATANAwith curved single-edged blade (worn), and signed tangpierced with a single hole, in a WWII saya (worn)66cm; 26in blade£120-18058