Bidspirit auction | Ceremonial Gilt Brass Partisan, 19th

Ceremonial Gilt Brass Partisan, 19th C. Ex-Sotheby's - South Asia, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese peoples 19th century. Attractive ceremonial partisan spear head cast in gilt brass with inset embossed panels of copper. Double edge blade with engraving of a long stemmed flower above two hamsa, the aquatic bird of passage. Head of a tapered socket form in gilt brass with finely embossed and inset panels of copper floral scrolling. Old Sotheby's label reading New York with the number 309 over 26. Size 16 1/4” L, blade 9” L Ex-Southern California Estate, Ex-Sotheby's New York Prior Condition: Wear commensurate with age an use