Nair sword for datation

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Originally Posted by Ian

Rawson, in his book The Indian Sword, lists this style as South Indian flamboyant. His Figure 20 shows a sword with similar style of hilt and blade that was in the Victoria and Albert Museum (K.L. 4)--it is catalogued as being from South India, probably Madras, 16th Century.

Hope this helps.

Ian.

hi Ian

Thank you for those information’s by the way if you have the time to make a scan from this page in would be really nice..
Regards

Jean-Luc