Hidden Room

B.I · 4th January 2005, 12:01 AM

the museum is the Museo d'Arte Orientale which is housed upstairs from the contemporary art museum at Ca' Pesaro. the collection is one of the largest in japanese arms. the original collection was formed by the Conti di Bardi and composed of 30,000 pieces. apparantly it wa sold of to an antiques dealer in 1928 and then bought back by the state. the Conti travelled to asia on buying trips and i am assuming the indonesian pieces are part of his collection, and not bought from a different source at the same time. the museum holds the japanese collection in high regarda and pretty much ignores the indonesian pieces. they are situated in the last room, which is why i managed to take pictures. it is not an open museum, and the doors open every half hour and they lock you in, so time is limited.
their website - http://www.artive.arti.beniculturali...13/sala_13.htm

B.I · 4th January 2005, 12:03 AM

there were two cannon and this was the more interesting one with a double barrel.

Mark · 4th January 2005, 12:25 AM

Very very nice. They even have a couple dha! I am planning a trip to Italy this spring/summer (including Verona, where my wife has family). I think Venice just got added to the list of stops. Its not terribly far from Verona, after all.

zamboanga · 4th January 2005, 01:01 AM

wow! the double-barreled lantaka

!!!
now i have seen it...

Andrew · 4th January 2005, 02:16 AM

Oh, my.

Thanks for sharing these with us, Brian.

Battara · 4th January 2005, 02:54 AM

Nicest double barrel I have ever seen. Do they have any keris there at all...anywhere?

Radu Transylvanicus · 4th January 2005, 04:13 AM

OUTSTANDING to bring this up to our attention ! The double barelled lantaka left me just like zamboanga speechless ... And all that wealth of Malay weaponry could make most museums blush ... the proto-kerises in display (one piece handle and blade) are just ,, tres extraordinaire ,, !
Youre a good man ! By the way are you located in bella Italia or were you just vacationing from somewhere else ?

4th January 2005, 12:01 AM	#1
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	details the museum is the Museo d'Arte Orientale which is housed upstairs from the contemporary art museum at Ca' Pesaro. the collection is one of the largest in japanese arms. the original collection was formed by the Conti di Bardi and composed of 30,000 pieces. apparantly it wa sold of to an antiques dealer in 1928 and then bought back by the state. the Conti travelled to asia on buying trips and i am assuming the indonesian pieces are part of his collection, and not bought from a different source at the same time. the museum holds the japanese collection in high regarda and pretty much ignores the indonesian pieces. they are situated in the last room, which is why i managed to take pictures. it is not an open museum, and the doors open every half hour and they lock you in, so time is limited. their website - http://www.artive.arti.beniculturali...13/sala_13.htm

4th January 2005, 12:03 AM	#2
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	last image there were two cannon and this was the more interesting one with a double barrel. Attached Images

4th January 2005, 12:25 AM	#3
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Very very nice. They even have a couple dha! I am planning a trip to Italy this spring/summer (including Verona, where my wife has family). I think Venice just got added to the list of stops. Its not terribly far from Verona, after all.

4th January 2005, 01:01 AM	#4
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	wow! the double-barreled lantaka !!! now i have seen it...

4th January 2005, 02:16 AM	#5
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Oh, my. Thanks for sharing these with us, Brian.

4th January 2005, 02:54 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	Nicest double barrel I have ever seen. Do they have any keris there at all...anywhere?

4th January 2005, 04:13 AM	#7
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	OUTSTANDING to bring this up to our attention ! The double barelled lantaka left me just like zamboanga speechless ... And all that wealth of Malay weaponry could make most museums blush ... the proto-kerises in display (one piece handle and blade) are just ,, tres extraordinaire ,, ! Youre a good man ! By the way are you located in bella Italia or were you just vacationing from somewhere else ?