Indonesia, Java: an old kris dagger with a wooden hilt and sheath. An Indonesian dagger, known as a ‘kris’. With an old, straight double-edged blade.
Indonesia, Java: an old kris dagger with a wooden hilt and sheath. An Indonesian dagger, known as a ‘kris’. With an old, straight double-edged blade.
The hilt (without hilt ring) is carved from brown precious wood, with triangular ‘trumpal’ motifs and floral volutes and spirals in relief.
The wooden sheath features a ‘boat’ (‘wranka’) in the Yogyakarta or Surakarta style, made from dark brown precious wood (lacquered). The entire length of the scabbard is cloaked in flat sheet metal made of silver alloy. Minor damage: one area of loss and a repair to the covering on the sheath, some rust to the tip of the blade, the hilt ring (‘mendak’) is missing. A visibly old object, with noticeable traces of use.
Length: 38 cm. Between the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Lit.: ‘Blanke Wapens uit de Gordel van Smaragd’ von J. G. Dieles, S. 6; ‘Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago’ von Albert G. van Zonnefeld, S. 65, Abb. 212 bis 215.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
06.04.2017 - 15:00
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EUR 200.-
Indonesia, Java: an old kris dagger with a wooden hilt and sheath. An Indonesian dagger, known as a ‘kris’. With an old, straight double-edged blade.
The hilt (without hilt ring) is carved from brown precious wood, with triangular ‘trumpal’ motifs and floral volutes and spirals in relief.
The wooden sheath features a ‘boat’ (‘wranka’) in the Yogyakarta or Surakarta style, made from dark brown precious wood (lacquered). The entire length of the scabbard is cloaked in flat sheet metal made of silver alloy. Minor damage: one area of loss and a repair to the covering on the sheath, some rust to the tip of the blade, the hilt ring (‘mendak’) is missing. A visibly old object, with noticeable traces of use.
Length: 38 cm. Between the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Lit.: ‘Blanke Wapens uit de Gordel van Smaragd’ von J. G. Dieles, S. 6; ‘Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago’ von Albert G. van Zonnefeld, S. 65, Abb. 212 bis 215.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.04.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.04. - 06.04.2017 |