Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A group of five Asian swords, comprising: four Indian tulwar, with curved blades and characteristic Indo-Muslim hilts, two having knuckle bows, of which one has a scabbard, one with silver koftgari decoration; and a Sumatran podang, all steel hilt similar to the tulwar type, leaf terminal quillons, lacking pommel, all lacking scabbard except where stated. [5]