19th C Laotian Dha Sword.
Horn and 18ct gold filigree hilt set with clear stones. Hand-forged single edged curved blade. Silver covered wooden scabbard.
L110cm (in scabbard)

PROVENANCE:
Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
Estimate $2,000-4,000