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LOT 1565
Vietnamese Officer's Iron Sword with Scabbard
COLONIAL PERIOD, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
36 5/8 in. (967 grams total, 93 cm including scabbard).
The curved blade with corrugation below the spine, narrowing tip, applied collar at the ricasso; pierced discoid guard, curved grip with decorated sleeve; lacquered scabbard with silver fittings; Vietnamese name lightly inscribed on hilt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in 2008.
Property of a Kent, UK, private collector.
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