10th December 2018, 12:56 AM | #1 |
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Another keris
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10th December 2018, 02:48 AM | #2 |
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I'll take a wild guess and say it's Madurese work.
Would like to see the entire blade; also the sarong looks older than the wilah, but maybe that's just the glue line I can see that makes me think so. |
10th December 2018, 08:55 AM | #3 |
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Yes, the blade looks like from Madura Sumenep (the winged horse), and is probably recent. I saw some blades with similar decoration but covered with gold kinatah and not pierced through. The putut motif under the kembang kacang is an odd addition (not Madurese).
The warangka is in gayaman Solo style and the hilt in Ganesha style from Java North Coast (Tegal). Regards |
10th December 2018, 05:36 PM | #4 |
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Really beautiful !!!
Hilt and blade !!!! |
10th December 2018, 06:33 PM | #5 | |
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This is indeed an mix of origins. While the sheath probably was not made for this blade, it seems to have been well adapted to it. Hard to say the actual reasons for the mix of styles. |
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10th December 2018, 10:10 PM | #6 | |
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Why not? Add a few more pictures. |
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11th December 2018, 01:40 AM | #7 |
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Thanks Bill. It would still be helpful to have one photo showing the full keris in order to get a better feel for the Pawakan, the over all impression of the blade.
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11th December 2018, 03:02 AM | #8 |
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if this is a painting I'd guess we can categorize it as 'pop art'... my opinion only.
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11th December 2018, 09:17 AM | #9 |
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A very decorative blade anyway, I will check if I can find the pics of the similar blades which I mentioned. Regarding the traces of kinatah on the ganja, I cannot say for this piece but I have found that it is often a trick used by some sellers for enhancing the value of the blades.
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11th December 2018, 01:21 PM | #11 | |
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While i would not myself consider "re-doing" the gold work Bill, the one thing i might do to this ensemble if it were mine would be to fix the bad glue job on the sheath. Should not be too difficult a job. Last edited by David; 20th December 2018 at 03:45 PM. |
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20th December 2018, 03:07 PM | #12 | |
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David, the pictures are from my archives for insurance. I just found the full blade. Sorry it is low resolution but the only blade I have found |
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20th December 2018, 03:46 PM | #13 |
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Thanks Bill. That is good enough to give us an over all view of the dhapur.
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