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18. A NIELLOED SILVER HILTED SWORD DHA WITH SCABBARD
Burma, …
Lot no. 18
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18. A NIELLOED SILVER HILTED SWORD DHA WITH SCABBARD
Burma, 19th century
83 cm (32 5/8 in.) long
This finely crafted Dha features a nielloed silver hilt, decorated with animals, foliage and stylised figures, likely scenes of the Burmese adaptation of the Ramayana and Jataka (Yama Zatdaw). Richly inlaid with silver, copper and brass on both faces of the steel blade's fuller as well as on its back-edge. The wood scabbard is mounted with silver floral scrolling openwork throughout, both faces decorated with 5 repoussé medallions each featuring different animals. See a related example at the Victoria & Albert Museum (IS.236&A-1964).
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1986, lot 232
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above;
Thence by descent.
缅甸 十九世紀 帶鞘墨銀柄達哈劍
來源
蘇富比，倫敦，1986年11月24日，拍品232
比利時私人收藏，購於上者
後由家族傳承
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An Important Belgian Collection A Life of Collecting Ancient Worlds
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