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Indonesian Kris w/ Rubies & Silver Hilt, ex Sotheby's

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Indonesian Kris w/ Rubies & Silver Hilt, ex Sotheby's

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Description

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous example of a kris (also keris), a type of personal ceremonial sword used throughout Indonesia. The high-grade (93%) silver hilt depicts an abstract hooded figure with a forward lean and eight polished semi-precious stone cabochons, and the brass spacer cap beneath is set with eight ruby cabochons. The forged-carbon-steel blade has an elegant serpentine profile, a projecting hand guard adorned with an expressive naga face and foliate motifs in 95% gilding (equivalent to 22K+), and dense nickel strips hammered into the graining pattern. The hand-carved elephant ivory guard protector surmounts a wooden blade housing, and a high-grade (93%) silver sheath jacket bears dense leafy adornments and a stylized male figure in repousse. Size (w/ sheath): 8.25" W x 24.7" H (21 cm x 62.7 cm); (length of blade): 17.7" L (45 cm); quality of gilding: 95% (equivalent to 22K+); quality of silver: 92% (hilt) and 93% (sheath jacket)

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 Rochester, Michigan, USA collection; ex-Sotheby's, New York "European Works of Art, Arms and Armour, Furniture and Tapestries" auction (sale 7094, January 29, 1998, lot 347)

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Condition

Ivory guard protector reattached to top of wooden blade housing, and silver sheath jacket cannot be removed. Minor abrasions and indentations to hilt and sheath jacket, with light nicks to blade and guard protector, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Great patina throughout.