The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 11, 2024
Tulwar Sword (case)
1700s
Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.)
Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.704.b
Location: not on view
Description
This long curved sword and scabbard are of the kind used and worn by Mughal nobility, as seen often in paintings. The openwork hilt is characteristic of swords from the southern Indian region known as the Deccan. By the end of the 1500s, the Mughals began making regular incursions into the Deccan as they attempted to expand their empire, increasing the exchange of art forms.- ?-1930Samson D. Wright [1866-1938], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1930-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- “Part II. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1930.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 18, no. 2, 1931, pp. 1–128. Mentioned: p. 33 25137366
- Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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