Description:

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine example of a personal ceremonial sword known as a kris (also keris) with a wooden sheath and a 99% silver sheath jacket. The hand-carved wooden handle features a pair of abstract anthropomorphic maskettes along the interior curve, and beneath is a silvered brass spacer disk adorned with 10 faceted white sapphires. The forged steel blade features a relatively straight profile, a pointed guard, and a central ribbon of lighter nickel that is hammered into the blade material. Size (w/ sheath): 5.9" W x 19.625" H (15 cm x 49.8 cm); (blade): 15.25" L x 3.5" W (38.7 cm x 8.9 cm); silver quality: 99%

Provenance: private Rochester, Michigan, USA collection

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#149496

  • Condition: Minor nicks and oxidation to blade, with abrasions and some tarnishing to sheath jacket, small chips to lower point of wooden blade housing, and light clouding to some white sapphires, otherwise intact and very good. Great patina throughout.

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