INDIAN STEEL CEREMONIAL SPEARHEAD

Ca. AD 1700 - 1800 An Indian ceremonial spearhead composed of a long central blade with a needle-like point and two subsidiary blades at the neck. The two stylised openwork blades are attached to the lower part of the weapon. The whole head is connected to a decorated cone for the wooden pole. The central blade features some surviving inlay. One of the motifs may be Gandaberunda, the double-headed bird form of the god Vishnu used as an emblem by the Kingdom of Mysore.
Size: 260mm x 80mm; Weight: 220g
Provenance: Property of a European collector; Ex. European collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Estimate: GBP 2500 - 3500