A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (KASTANE), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with a short slender central fuller on each face, applied with a finely chased panel of brass decorated with tightly scrolling foliage on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, almost entirely encased in finely chased silver (the back-strap missing) comprising triangular langets, a pair of down-curved arms, quillon and knuckle-guard all with monsterhead finials, and the grip encased in silver chased with traditional scrollwork rising to a monsterhead pommel 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade
A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (KASTANE), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with a short slender central fuller on each face, applied with a finely chased panel of brass decorated with tightly scrolling foliage on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, almost entirely encased in finely chased silver (the back-strap missing) comprising triangular langets, a pair of down-curved arms, quillon and knuckle-guard all with monsterhead finials, and the grip encased in silver chased with traditional scrollwork rising to a monsterhead pommel 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade
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