The Rare and Artistic Sinhalese Patisthanaya

DhaDha · 8th April 2020, 02:58 PM

I wish I knew more about these. Just beautiful.
Cheers

CharlesS · 8th April 2020, 08:48 PM

Excellent info Gustav. I feel sure you are right. I do wonder why there would essentially be two "guards" right next to each other, but your pics make sense. The chiseling work on the steel guards is typically impressive!

Thanks for your input!

kino · 20th April 2020, 05:12 PM

The pole arms are indeed flamboyant. The shield is equally beautiful. Is it hewn from wood or is it leather?
Thanks for showing these.

CharlesS · 29th April 2020, 12:13 PM

Hi Kino,

Thanks for the comments. The shield is lacquered hide. The lacquer has "crazed" and lost its luster over time.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 3rd May 2020, 02:51 AM

Dear Charles,

Can you throw some light onto the situation with this weapon … In your opener you said these two weapons were virtually of the same name and clearly they are the same design. Who was first onto the battlefield with the Partizan .. The Sri Lankans or the Portuguese. Assuming that the Portuguese were there as the first of the Europeans? No one has ever stated the clearly obvious fact that the two are originally the same weapon and that the Sri Lankans simply copied the weapon....

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 3rd May 2020, 09:25 PM

And if I may make a reasonably proper reference A to this subject I would choose the one hereunder...and from the same stable as noted by Gustav above.

Reference.

A. https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item...e-patisthanaya.

8th April 2020, 02:58 PM	#1
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 164	I wish I knew more about these. Just beautiful. Cheers

8th April 2020, 08:48 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	Excellent info Gustav. I feel sure you are right. I do wonder why there would essentially be two "guards" right next to each other, but your pics make sense. The chiseling work on the steel guards is typically impressive! Thanks for your input!

20th April 2020, 05:12 PM	#3
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 981	The pole arms are indeed flamboyant. The shield is equally beautiful. Is it hewn from wood or is it leather? Thanks for showing these.

29th April 2020, 12:13 PM	#4
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	Hi Kino, Thanks for the comments. The shield is lacquered hide. The lacquer has "crazed" and lost its luster over time.

3rd May 2020, 02:51 AM	#5
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Dear Charles, Can you throw some light onto the situation with this weapon … In your opener you said these two weapons were virtually of the same name and clearly they are the same design. Who was first onto the battlefield with the Partizan .. The Sri Lankans or the Portuguese. Assuming that the Portuguese were there as the first of the Europeans? No one has ever stated the clearly obvious fact that the two are originally the same weapon and that the Sri Lankans simply copied the weapon....

3rd May 2020, 09:25 PM	#6
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	And if I may make a reasonably proper reference A to this subject I would choose the one hereunder...and from the same stable as noted by Gustav above. Reference. A. https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item...e-patisthanaya.