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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour from Around the World

Thursday 21 March 2024 e Friday 22 March 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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An elegant cup-hilted sword, mid-17th Century

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 2.000

Sold

€ 3.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Italia o Spagna
length 116 cm.
Straight blade of hexagonal section, engraved with the Wolf of Passau at the forte, pitting and a dent on the edge. Ricasso of almost square section. Iron hilt with a beautiful, hemispherical, cup-shaped rain guard, featuring a wide pierced and carved band depicting a dense pattern of racemes, then a geometrically-patterned frame, a ring with acanthus leaves and a non-pierced central disc carved with scales. Border with twisted and roped rivet. Quillon with pas d'ane ending in a rounded counter cup engraved in concentric circles. Very wide and strongly-cusped center of crossguard, decorated with longitudinal grooves. Straight quillons, smooth at the first part and then twisted and ending in a finely carved bud-shaped disc. Guard decorated likewise. Oval pommel, placed on a short base from which a ring of thick petals support the ovoid surmounted by a turban-shaped button. Grip with Moor's heads and staves interwoven with small ropes, all made of metal.

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Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.