Sword
Sri Lankan
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Steel and silver gilt
Measurements
735 mm (L)
Place of origin
Sri Lanka
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180615.1
Summary
Sword (kastane), the silver gilt hilt, cast and chased; the guard-ends and down-curving quillons terminating in lion-like 'serapendiya', the guard with a human figure growing out of the foliage, 'nari-lata-vela'; a grotesque animal mask with foliate sprays growing out of its mouth between the quillons; the pommel in the form of a Sinhalese lion; the European steel blade with lap-welded reinforcement at the forte. Sri Lanka, 17th century.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963.
Makers and roles
Sri Lankan , maker