Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Dha with Ivory Handle & Repousse Scabbard

Mark · 2nd May 2008, 05:57 PM

I have a very similar one, sadly without the original scabbard.

Mine also suffered the same break as yours, though while I owned it, so I was able to repair the damage.

The carving on yours really is of exceptional quality. What is depicted is the moment of the Gautama Buddha achieved Nirvana. Inside the pierce carving would be a figure of the reclining Buddha, the external carving represents the branches of an arbor where all of this happened. I am not sure who the guys peaking out are, but they look very cool IMO.

This style is typical of the workshops in Moulmien (southern Burma, near the Thai border). Apparently those shops have closed, and the center of this "school" of ivory carving is in Rangoon.

Here is the full page on my sword:

http://www.dharesearch.bowditch.us/0057.htm

2nd May 2008, 05:57 PM	#6
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	I have a very similar one, sadly without the original scabbard. Mine also suffered the same break as yours, though while I owned it, so I was able to repair the damage. The carving on yours really is of exceptional quality. What is depicted is the moment of the Gautama Buddha achieved Nirvana. Inside the pierce carving would be a figure of the reclining Buddha, the external carving represents the branches of an arbor where all of this happened. I am not sure who the guys peaking out are, but they look very cool IMO. This style is typical of the workshops in Moulmien (southern Burma, near the Thai border). Apparently those shops have closed, and the center of this "school" of ivory carving is in Rangoon. Here is the full page on my sword: http://www.dharesearch.bowditch.us/0057.htm