Two sabers (chestnuts) and a knife (piha-kaetta) Sinhala knife or Piha-kaetta with scabbard, Crystal handle set in gold. Two thirds of the kling covered with gold. Wooden scabbard entirely covered with driven gold plate and decorated with filigree edge, ending in a curl, ornaments, art, Kandy, Vijaya Rajasinha (king of Kandy), Lubbert Jan baron van Eck, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, Sri Lanka, before 1765, iron (metal), gold (metal), crystal (lead glass), wood (plant material), filigree, h 3.1 cm × w 29.5 cm × d 3.3 cm h 2.8 cm × w 24.5 cm × w 3.9 cm w 3 cm
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Two sabers, chestnuts, knife, piha-kaetta, Sinhala knife, Piha-kaetta, scabbard, Crystal handle set, gold, Two thirds, kling covered, Wooden scabbard entirely covered, driven gold plate, decorated, filigree edge, ending, curl, ornaments, art, Kandy, Vijaya Rajasinha, king, Lubbert Jan baron van Eck, Dutch East India Company, Sri Lanka, 1765, iron, metal, crystal, lead glass, wood, plant material, filigree
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