33 Lot 33 A fine Indian gilt copper and paste mounted sword (shamshir), Kutch, 19th century, with bejewelled horse head hilt, the scabbard with unusual chased decoration of huntsman, lions, hounds and deer, the reverse with floral scrolls, the damascened blade with floral trellis pattern decoration, sword 79cm long, scabbard 75cm long cf. Bonhams London, New Bond Street, Islamic and Indian art sale, 8 April 2014, lot 168 for a similar sword with a lion head hilt. Comparison can be drawn with a pair of swords in the Clive Collection, Powis Castle (Mildred Archer, Christopher Rowley and Robert Skelton, eds., Treasures from India. The Clive Collection at Powis Castle, National Trust, 1987, pp. 52-3, no. 48); for a similar sword belonging to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Bowser (1749-1833) sold Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art, 7 October 2010, lot 371; a sword sold at Sotheby’s (Arts of the Islamic World, 3rd October 2012, lot 226); and a sword in the National Museum, Delhi (Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India, Delhi, 2005, pp. 135-36) £4,000 - 6,000 Lot 34 An Indian gilt copper and paste mounted dagger (jambiya), Kutch, 19th century, with bejewelled foliate scroll decorated hilt, ridged blade and floral scroll decorated scabbard with ball finial, dagger 33cm long, scabbard 22cm long Lot 35 £700 - 1,000 A Japanese wakizashi, the tang signed Yoshitake, the 54.5cm blade inscribed to the tang, ‘Izumo Daijo Fujiwara Yoshitake’ possibly for Yoshitake of Musashi province using the first of the 3 forms of his signature recorded in Hawley YO 557, the reverse with nengo ’Tenna or Tenwa’ possibly for the period (1681-84), with 19th century mixed metal and bronze tsuba, kashira, fuchi, menuchi and kurigata, lacquered saya, the gilt metal kozuka with signed blade £500 - 700 35
34 Lot 36 A 19th century French gold mounted hardwood swordstick, with concealed blued steel stiletto blade, 86cm long Lot 37 £400 - 600 A Victorian taxidermic display of exotic and other birds, in naturalistic setting by Ruffon & Willson Naturalists, 30 The Strand, in glazed mahogany display case, 92cm wide, 30cm deep, 70cm high £600 - 800 37 36