A Vijayanagara hilted steel gauntlet sword (pata)
South India, 16th/17th Centurythe double-edged steel blade with forte surmounted by a tapering plate, the grip with central spherical features, the sidebars slightly flaring with small knob finials and a fragment of a hinged reinforcing wrist strap, the recurving hand guard rising to a mythical beast head terminal and decorated with traces of engraved foliate designs within geometric borders
99.3 cm. long
A Vijayanagara hilted steel gauntlet sword (pata)
South India, 16th/17th Centurythe double-edged steel blade with forte surmounted by a tapering plate, the grip with central spherical features, the sidebars slightly flaring with small knob finials and a fragment of a hinged reinforcing wrist strap, the recurving hand guard rising to a mythical beast head terminal and decorated with traces of engraved foliate designs within geometric borders
99.3 cm. long
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