Persian painted shield
Persian steel shield with fine Qajar style painted dome.
Bō-koḷa
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that resembles the leaf of a sacred fig tree.
Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description
An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible rattan.
A fine Sinhalese bow
Made in the Four Workshops of the King of Kandy.
Sinhalese lacquer work
Sri Lankan craftsmen used methods of applying decorative lacquer that did not involve a brush to great effect.
Ī-vaḍuvō
Literally "arrow-makers", a Sinhalese class of craftsmen that did wood turning and lacquer work.
Patura
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that consists of elongated triangles with two sides of equal length.