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SRI LANKA, 18TH CENTURY
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A SINHALESE SWORD (KASTANE)
SRI LANKA, 18TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged inscribed blade with single fuller along the back-edge on each side, the decoration with foliated scrolls, the wood and bronze hilt with applied silver and brass panels, the guard of characteristic form with openwork head of a mythical beast, the grip carved with scrollwork and with dragon's head pommel, the scabbard lacking and small loss at the pommel
28in. (71cm.) long
SRI LANKA, 18TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged inscribed blade with single fuller along the back-edge on each side, the decoration with foliated scrolls, the wood and bronze hilt with applied silver and brass panels, the guard of characteristic form with openwork head of a mythical beast, the grip carved with scrollwork and with dragon's head pommel, the scabbard lacking and small loss at the pommel
28in. (71cm.) long
來源
Christie's South Kensington, 19 June 1998, lot 269.