A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH... Lot n° 44

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY, SIVAGANGA, TAMIL NADU with recurved blade formed with a raised moulding on the back edge, iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of long broad pierced and chiselled langets, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard chiselled with scrolls, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with tall conical pierced iron button (pitted throughout), 72.5 cm blade Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C39 Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in this room 30th June 2010, lot 83. Dating on this group varies ranging from the 12th to 16th centuries. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5 and Rawson 1968, plate 12.