A KERIS

Estimated Value:

1.200 € - 1.800 €

Schätzpreis:

4.500 €

Description:

Indonesia, Bali
L. 68 cm
The gold hilt shaped as a Rakshasha standing on a circular base, his right hand holding mirror while his left is resting on his hip, his face displaying a ferocious expression with bulging eyes, his hair combed backwards and secured with a tiara, lavishly inlaid with cabuchon rubies, the pamor wrought snake-shaped blade with gilded snakes, wood wrong and wood scabbard set to one side with a low-alloy silver slorok embossed with scrolling tendrils at its upper section.
From an old Munich private collection, collected between 1980 and 2000
Partly corroded, traces of age

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