Here pictures of the tabletop, attributed to Cochin, before 1595, compared to Sunggingan of Deutschorden's keris from Vienna. Singular for a Sunggingan and perhaps a possible evidence for a non-javanese taste is the horizontal orientation of the tableau.
		 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
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