Piha Kaetta off the bucket list

[David]

Originally Posted by drac2k

...nothing fancy, but I think a good honest piece.

LOL! Fancy enough. I have certainly seen much plainer examples. The hilt appears to be ivory. Are the mounts silver or some other form of white metal.
This is a complete and as you say "honest" example. A lot of times you don't find these with the scabbards. So i'd say you did well, especially if you found to at a reasonable price. One of these is on my bucket list as well, though i am a bit frightened that i might not be able to stop at just one.

[drac2k]

Once again thanks to all for the kind words.You are correct on all counts; the mounts are silver and the inlays are brass.
I believe that is the way we all started;"thinking we would only get one," of this or that.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Here are a couple of examples .. The Royal Workshops would have several craftsmen expert in the various materials and would have carved in Horn, Ivory and Coral to name but 3. Is the picture showing a skewer as noted by the Met or is it a pen for writing on leaves? The Hilt on the right is Coral.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by David

... One of these is on my bucket list as well, though i am a bit frightened that i might not be able to stop at just one.

Especially if you find a whole bunch of them in one only auction, David

Silver, brass, ivory, rhino horn ...
(Palácio do Correio Velho, 1989)

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