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Fine quality Burmese silver and…
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Sydney
Date:
26-Nov-2023
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Fine quality Burmese silver and ivory mounted Dha sword. With hand-forged single edged curved blade. The ivory hilt carved with two bands of scrolling foliage. Wooden scabbard encased in silver repousse decorated with dancing figures. Nb: ivory export restrictions. Length 109 cm (in scabbard). Provenance: Estates late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose Company imported luxury European goods, and (with Royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
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Oriental: Zother