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Old 12th August 2012, 06:23 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Sajen
this one is not fancy but beautiful and I am green with envy!
Frankly, i am less inclined to assess age to gunongs the fancier they get. By fancy i mean all the filigree and extra okir work, not the materials. It seems to me that all the truly older examples tend to be simpler. When, for instance, did this bulbous filigree hilt feature first appear? It does not seem to be a feature of truly older gunongs, or am i wrong?
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