Dha from Brunei

Conogre · 21st April 2005, 07:05 AM

I'm not sure what is meant by "in two levels carved ivory hilt with deities and floral ornaments", but I saw a lot of ivory carved completely through into a latticework type effect with more carving inside, along the "ship in a bottle" lines in the Mekong delta region of Vietnam in the late 1960's.
I could never find out exactly where it came from, but it was exclusively being sold by merchants from India.
Mike

21st April 2005, 07:05 AM	#12
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	I'm not sure what is meant by "in two levels carved ivory hilt with deities and floral ornaments", but I saw a lot of ivory carved completely through into a latticework type effect with more carving inside, along the "ship in a bottle" lines in the Mekong delta region of Vietnam in the late 1960's. I could never find out exactly where it came from, but it was exclusively being sold by merchants from India. Mike