A Yali-Form Cutlass (Kastane), Sri Lanka, 17th-18th Century
Auction Closed
April 29, 12:32 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the curved blade with short single groove, the bronze plaques reinforcing the forte shallowly carved with images of deities, the hilt of typical stylised lion form, with silver mounts and inlaid with brass, the eyes set with red stones or pastes
77cm.
Philippe Missillier Collection no.194C
A kastane in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is set with various gems on a silver ground (inv. no.2016.426a-c). Another Sri Lankan kastane is lot 58.
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