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Lot 38

A Singhalese Gilt-Mounted Kastana
Late 19th Century

20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £1,800

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A Singhalese Gilt-Mounted Kastana
Late 19th Century

Similar to the last, with slightly curved single-edged blade, the hilt with applied gilt demon's mask on the knuckle-guard and garnet eyes (tongue missing), in original wood-lined silver scabbard embossed and chased with a symmetrical design of foliage along each side, rounded chape en suite involving a monster's head on both sides and with gilt bud-shaped finial, and four fixed rings for suspension
32 cm. blade

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