![Sold at Auction: Unusual 18th C. Mughal Indian PATA Sword with Ornate Pierced Brass Beast Face Hilt & Long Broad Semi-flexible Blade with Remains of Gold Inlaid Decoration. Sold at Auction: Unusual 18th C. Mughal Indian PATA Sword with Ornate Pierced Brass Beast Face Hilt & Long Broad Semi-flexible Blade with Remains of Gold Inlaid Decoration.](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Sofe/98/702898/H20136-L256743675.jpg)
Sold at Auction: Unusual 18th C. Mughal Indian PATA Sword with Ornate Pierced Brass Beast Face Hilt & Long Broad Semi-flexible Blade with Remains of Gold Inlaid Decoration.
![An Indian pata, Tanjore, 17th century Long, double-edged blade, mounted at the riveted root with chiselled flowers. Slightly openwork iron hand and wrist guard with lower cannon ornamentally engraved with scrolling animals. An Indian pata, Tanjore, 17th century Long, double-edged blade, mounted at the riveted root with chiselled flowers. Slightly openwork iron hand and wrist guard with lower cannon ornamentally engraved with scrolling animals.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T9R7RJ/an-indian-pata-tanjore-17th-century-long-double-edged-blade-mounted-at-the-riveted-root-with-chiselled-flowers-slightly-openwork-iron-hand-and-wrist-guard-with-lower-cannon-ornamentally-engraved-with-scrolling-animals-the-interior-forearm-bar-and-grip-are-later-additions-length-132-cm-early-and-well-preserved-pata-historic-historical-17th-century-additional-rights-clearance-info-not-available-T9R7RJ.jpg)
An Indian pata, Tanjore, 17th century Long, double-edged blade, mounted at the riveted root with chiselled flowers. Slightly openwork iron hand and wrist guard with lower cannon ornamentally engraved with scrolling animals.
![Original Indian 17th Century Mughal Pata Armored Gauntlet Sword with 3 – International Military Antiques Original Indian 17th Century Mughal Pata Armored Gauntlet Sword with 3 – International Military Antiques](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1524/1342/products/ON4422__02.jpg?v=1604979544)
Original Indian 17th Century Mughal Pata Armored Gauntlet Sword with 3 – International Military Antiques
![An Indian Pata or Gauntlet-sword. It was mainly used by the Maratha Empire during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Soldiers would sometimes dual-wield Patas, though most would use a shield in their An Indian Pata or Gauntlet-sword. It was mainly used by the Maratha Empire during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Soldiers would sometimes dual-wield Patas, though most would use a shield in their](https://preview.redd.it/0n611w2jns881.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c9e7529e2f8851a9c77989a1b8f8ba51756aa2c)
An Indian Pata or Gauntlet-sword. It was mainly used by the Maratha Empire during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Soldiers would sometimes dual-wield Patas, though most would use a shield in their
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