Thought the same myself, Detlef:- the way that the stones in the hilt have been set, and the granulation work in the hilt, is certainly more Celuk than Kota Gede, added to this, I cannot recall having seen seen work similar to the cord being done in Jogja, however, the embossing of the scabbard looks very much like Jogja work.
But I think I've said somewhere else that I am certain that this sort of thing is not coming out of Central Jawa, if it were I am pretty sure I would have seen it, or at least heard about it --- but I can always be wrong,
There is also the fact that a lot of supposedly Celuk work is done to order in Kota Gede for galleries in Celuk, Ubud, Mas etc
The work of both hilt and scabbard is quite refined, and going on hearsay only, I doubt that work as refined as this could come out of Kotagedhang or Kendari.
All of that leaves us with highest probability of Celuk, but it is probability, not certainty, thus I prefer not to opt for a definitive statement.
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