Persian or Ottoman Lance ?

[ariel]

Originally Posted by DavidFriedman

May I ask what characteristics point to Mughal for the lance head? I’ve never seen a lance of quite this form before.

Cheers,

David

If you google “ indian spear images ” or mughal spear images” ( or something in that mode) you will find a lot of similar ones. Old site of Oriental_Arms had many. Unfortunately, the new one shortened their archives significantly.

As customary for all handmade weapons, there were some differences between items, but generally, the narrow spearhead and koftgari decoration tell the story.Metropolitan museum has several. Here is just one example.