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

mykeris · 23rd May 2013, 12:58 AM

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 · 23rd May 2013, 05:02 AM

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 · 23rd May 2013, 05:44 AM

Thanks Alan.
I would not question museum's standard. tq

it is a Full Stop.

A. G. Maisey · 23rd May 2013, 07:39 AM

Thank you for your enlightening response.

mykeris · 23rd May 2013, 09:38 AM

Kind regards,Mykeris.

Jean · 23rd May 2013, 06:06 PM

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

23rd May 2013, 06:06 PM	#6
Jean Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,740	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 Last edited by Jean; 24th May 2013 at 08:45 AM.

23rd May 2013, 12:58 AM	#1
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	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,

23rd May 2013, 05:02 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,084	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.

23rd May 2013, 05:44 AM	#3
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	Thanks Alan. I would not question museum's standard. tq it is a Full Stop.

23rd May 2013, 07:39 AM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,084	Thank you for your enlightening response.

23rd May 2013, 09:38 AM	#5
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	Kind regards,Mykeris.