Description:

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely ceremonial sword known as a kris (also keris). The hand-carved wooden handle bearing a pair of abstract anthropomorphic face maskettes along the interior curve and sits above a brass spacer bulb with dozens of faceted quartz stones inlaid around the circumference. The forged carbon-steel blade features a gently oscillating profile with sharpened edges and an outline midrib that courses down to the gilded details of a mythical Naga serpent. The sheath's slender blade housing is fitted with a nickel-copper jacket bearing an incised crest and "PB" on the verso, and the front is overlaid with an intricate copper panel bearing dense foliage motifs and dozens of faceted quartz stones. Size (w/ sheath): 6.625" W x 20.625" H (16.8 cm x 52.4 cm); (blade): 15.1" L (38.4 cm)

Provenance: private Rochester, Michigan, USA collection

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#149482

  • Condition: Sheath jacket is removable from blade housing. Blade is not original to sheath and handle. Two stones missing from spacer cap as shown. Minor abrasions and encrustations on handle and blade, with slight bending to frontal element of sheath. Great remains of gilding on blade.

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