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19th C. Indonesian Kris w/ Silver Sheath, Ivory & Sapphires

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19th C. Indonesian Kris w/ Silver Sheath, Ivory & Sapphires

Item Details

Description

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, ca. 19th century CE. A truly stirking kris fit with a silver sheath and an ivory hilt, hand-carved in the form of a dragon grasping a green sapphire in a silver setting in his mouth. The iron blade features a straight profile and beautiful swirls of nickel, while the ornate silver sheath boasts complex floral designs and 2 inscriptions in Jawi script, likely conveying a blessing or the name of the weapon's owner. Size with sheath: 15.5" L x 3.5" W (39.4 cm x 8.9 cm); 16.8" H (42.7 cm) on included custom stand; without sheath: 13.2" L x 2.8" W (33.5 cm x 7.1 cm); of blade alone: 9.8" L x 0.8" W (24.9 cm x 2 cm); silver quality: 77.69 - 93.85%

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece is over 100 years old.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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#179836

Condition

Some minor chipping to blade edge and stable hairline surface fissures to ivory hilt as shown, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice preservation of repousse decoration and carved detail on dragon head.