Java or Out side Java Blade/Hilt-all comments welcome.

[mykeris]

Hi Jean,
Just got this verbal news from the museum, they retracted their earlier comments. After undergone several tests, the blade is of extra-ordinary archaic buda forms with wayang motifs. Blade thickness is considered unordinary-very thin through out perhaps one of its kind in this form. The hilt is new and mendak comes from the 1800s era. rgrds,

[A. G. Maisey]

Very interesting.

Do you know what tests were done, and how?

The qualifications of the testers?

Or are we just looking at an opinion?

Thank you.

[mykeris]

Thanks Alan.
I would not question museum's standard. tq it is a Full Stop.

[A. G. Maisey]

Thank you for your enlightening response.

[mykeris]

Kind regards,Mykeris.

[Jean]

Hello Mykeris,
Hum, do you feel satisfied with the fickle opinion from the museum "expert" who first said that it is a replica and then a genuine antique piece? Is he a specialist of the antique Buddha/ Hindu period in Indonesia and did he give you some valid reasons for changing his mind in this way? Are wayang motifs on a blade made during archaic Buddha period realistic? If I were in your place I would not give too much confidence in his assessment.
Regards