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6th July 2014, 04:25 AM
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This is an interesting one. I see a dragon in the abstract carving and there are also 2 Chinese style dragons carved on the sides of the handle. There is also an Arabic inscription to boot on the handle.
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6th July 2014, 05:48 PM
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Nice examples Rick. Those first two are quite interesting, though i'm not sure that first one is Balinese.
These last two, however, seem beyond the intent of this particular thread. They seem a bit too much of a stretch for me. They are abstract hilts, not figural, no matter what our imagination allows us to see in the form. While i do believe the hidden figures are intentional it is not what we generally mean when we talk about figural hilts. If we were to follow this track then EVERY keris hilt would be included as "figural" hilts since they pretty much all allude to such forms one way or another. 
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6th July 2014, 11:38 PM
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It may be useful to have a look at this previous thread:-
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=dvarapala |
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7th July 2014, 08:31 AM
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Another one.
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14th July 2014, 02:25 AM
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Here's mine.
Unfortunately the bottom part of the ivory has been cut away ( or maybe eaten by rat.... not sure). 
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5th August 2014, 04:52 AM
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A few more.
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7th August 2017, 05:46 AM
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Hi,
This is my figural hilt collection. Any idea about this hilt origin? Thank you, Best regards, Joe |
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