Interesting DHA

wilked aka Khun Deng · 8th December 2004, 12:00 PM

I've seen several of these recently. This one is different than the others I've seen in that it doesn't have the figures and script inserted in the koftgari that you normally find in a "story dha" but Andrew has more experience than I with these. Just this past trip in Thailand I found three in the markets of Bangkok, two completely silver and one with silver fittings on a wood scabbard, however all had the same general text on the inscription "... for revenue collection...." which leads me to believe these were handed out by the colonial goverment as rewards. Nice piece but overpriced for the condition.

8th December 2004, 12:00 PM	#1
wilked aka Khun Deng Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 166	I've seen several of these recently. This one is different than the others I've seen in that it doesn't have the figures and script inserted in the koftgari that you normally find in a "story dha" but Andrew has more experience than I with these. Just this past trip in Thailand I found three in the markets of Bangkok, two completely silver and one with silver fittings on a wood scabbard, however all had the same general text on the inscription "... for revenue collection...." which leads me to believe these were handed out by the colonial goverment as rewards. Nice piece but overpriced for the condition.