Sunginggan - six degrees of separation

[A. G. Maisey]

Or, of course, you may be right, Jean.

I've been saying for years that I can't tell much from photos, but even if it is recent, stylistically it is North Coast, and those motifs and colour scheme are a Chinese dream.

Big Bob only got one "n"?

Well, a man of his status deserves two. I see the ----mann form as being far more regal than the ----man form.

But I think this auction was the Dr. Zimmermann collection, not Bob's collection --- Bob collects houses, its Ringo Starr who collects sharp pointy things

[Green]

interesting and very likely that as Alan said, this keris may be commissioned by a Chinese gentleman. Decoration on the scabbard matches very well with old chinese satin attire. i can imagine a rather overweight and rich chinese merchant reclining on a sofa in his opium den in jakarta surrounded by his indonesian concubines smoking his bong while holding this keris and admiring it...

it is a rather elegant keris to my untutored eyes....