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Tulwar sword

before 1919

India

Iron with gold inlay; steel blade

Overall: 81.3 cm (32 in.); Blade: 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.54

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1919

Theodore Offerman [c. 1873–1937], New York, NY, consigned to the American Art Association for sale

February 7–8,1919

(American Art Association, New York, NY, Theodore Offerman Collection sale, February 7–8, 1919, cat. no. 205, sold to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance)

1919

John L. [1863–1936] and Elisabeth Huntington DeWitt Severance [1865–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1919–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

American Art Association, New York. Ancient Arms and Weapons and Accoutrements. 7–8 February 1919. lot no. 205

Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 120-121, E77 archive.org

Exhibition history

Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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