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THB18th C. Sri Lanka Dagger w/ Silver & Bone Grip
Lot 101c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 10, 2018
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2018-05-10 10:00:00
2018-05-10 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
South Asia, Sri Lanka, ca. 18th century CE. A broad-bladed piha kaetta, a dagger native to Sri Lanka. The steel blade is thick, sharpened on one side, and tapers to a point along its lower third. Thin silver filigree is inlaid onto the upper portion of the blade, including in a long, rounded depression that runs just below the unsharpened edge of the blade. Gold and silver filigree forms the lower part of the handle, shaped into flourishes and swirls; above this is bone, which composes half of the handle, and is similarly carved with sinuous curls. The top of the ivory is capped by a folded-over sheet of repousse silver; it also has two inlaid sheets of repousse silver on its sides. The sheath is made of dark wood, with repousse sheet silver at the top and a silver, flower-shaped disc on the bottom of the sheath. Size with sheath: 3.15" W x 14.9" H (8 cm x 37.8 cm)
Fine, decorated piha kaetta like this one were made in four different workshops in Sri Lanka, each part of a hereditary guild of craftsmen who created fine items for royalty and elites. They were worn by princes and nobles for self-defense, hunting, and ostentatious ornamentation. They were popular from the 16th to 18th century, a time when daggers and knifes were made to be graceful, beautiful, and deadly throughout the Islamic world, Mughal Empire, and adjacent areas, like Sri Lanka, which was an independent kingdom during this time.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex private old New Hampshire, USA collection
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#132285Wooden sheath has some wear and is a little fragile. Rich patina on all surfaces, especially the ivory. Some of the silver sheet on the handle is slightly bent.Condition
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