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Description: | Handle of ivory richly carved with figures of royal personages and deities connected by floral scrolls in high relief, pierced and encircled by bands of chased silver. The hilt terminates in a dome-shaped pommel of red velvet encircled with silver richly chased forming geometrical patterns and bands of silver with stars in the centre in the middle of each velvet panel. It ends in a truncated oval base. One of a pair which belonged to Lord Auckland; presented to him when Governor-General of India (1836-1842).
Technique: carving
Technique: pierced
Technique: chasing
Material: ivory
Material: silver
Material: velvet
Burmese sword or cutlass made in Burma, Asia, 1836-1842, (1910.15.83a). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25668 | Go to resource |
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