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Lot 194
Sale 6418 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 19, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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$1,500 -
2,000
Price Realized
$2,880
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Lot Description
A Tibetan Embellished Sword and Scabbard, Dpa'Dam, 19th Century or Earlier
十九世紀或更早 藏刀一把
十九世紀或更早 藏刀一把
The blade with striations along the length from forging manufacture, hilt with chased silver ornament, with an inset turquoise; the scabbard edged with tooled and gilt wrought iron with applied repousse silver, inlaid with turquoise and coral.
Note:
For a related 18th/19th century Tibetan sword with embellished scabbard, see the example given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by George C. Stone in 1935, no. 36.25.1466a,b. See also the sword with a similar blade and hilt, no. 36.25.1464
Length with Scabbard 35 1/4 in., 89.6 cm.