An Indian steel gauntlet-sword (pata), Maratha, 18th century the double-edged rapier-like blade gripped by a double forte chiselled and decorated with koftgari with a running antelope on a scroll ground pendant palmettes above and below the underside with a palmette trellis design, the gauntlet with further chiselled and koftgari decoration with tigers hunting antelope surrounded by trees and foliage framed by chevron bands, the steel grip secured by steel pins with flowerhead terminals, steel strap with bud terminals and koftgari decoration, label inscribed with 'König/ Wilhelm II', the cloth-covered wood scabbard decorated with gilt thread bands Quantity: 2 132cm.
An Indian steel gauntlet-sword (pata), Maratha, 18th century the double-edged rapier-like blade gripped by a double forte chiselled and decorated with koftgari with a running antelope on a scroll ground pendant palmettes above and below the underside with a palmette trellis design, the gauntlet with further chiselled and koftgari decoration with tigers hunting antelope surrounded by trees and foliage framed by chevron bands, the steel grip secured by steel pins with flowerhead terminals, steel strap with bud terminals and koftgari decoration, label inscribed with 'König/ Wilhelm II', the cloth-covered wood scabbard decorated with gilt thread bands Quantity: 2 132cm.
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