A CEREMONIAL TWO-HAND BROADSWORD
A CEREMONIAL TWO-HAND BROADSWORD

LATE 19TH CENTURY

细节
A CEREMONIAL TWO-HAND BROADSWORD
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With tapering double-edged blade, copper-coloured slightly down-turned quillons of tapering rectangular section, swelling cord-bound grip, large copper-coloured disc pommel with applied lion-mask roundel to one side, in original brass-mounted red-leather-covered scabbard (chape lacking, some wear and spliting to leather, blade with patches of discolouration)
36in. (91.4cm.) blade

拍品专文

This sword could have been made for civil ceremonial use or perhaps as a theatrical prop. The blade has never had a sharp edge