19TH CENTURY
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THREE BURMESE SWORDS (DHAS)
19th Century
The first with curved single-edged blade widening at the tip and with a mark stamped on one side of the forte, silver collar chased with running foliage, and ivory hilt carved in high relief with demons, a bird and a deity, and pierced at the pommel, in original wooden scabbard (minor crack) with elaborate silver mounts including locket repoussé in high relief with a dragon-head; the second with hollow-ground blade, silver collar, and ivory hilt carved in high relief in the form of a demon, in plain wooden scabbard (defective); the third with slightly curved blade, and cylindrical brass-covered hilt (detached), in brass-covered scabbard en suite with the hilt
The first with 25¼in. (64.1cm.) blade (3)
19th Century
The first with curved single-edged blade widening at the tip and with a mark stamped on one side of the forte, silver collar chased with running foliage, and ivory hilt carved in high relief with demons, a bird and a deity, and pierced at the pommel, in original wooden scabbard (minor crack) with elaborate silver mounts including locket repoussé in high relief with a dragon-head; the second with hollow-ground blade, silver collar, and ivory hilt carved in high relief in the form of a demon, in plain wooden scabbard (defective); the third with slightly curved blade, and cylindrical brass-covered hilt (detached), in brass-covered scabbard en suite with the hilt
The first with 25¼in. (64.1cm.) blade (3)
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