A Java keris. 19th century
A Java keris. 19th century
A Java keris with a straight steel blade with pamor, the ivory hilt carved with a Rakshasa covered with scrolls, mendak of granulated gold, the scabbard lined with whitish brass (pendok slorok) with a wood wrongka of ladrang type. 19th century.
Length 47 cm
** Provenance
Private Collection, Southern Germany
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A Java keris. 19th century
A Java keris with a straight steel blade with pamor, the ivory hilt carved with a Rakshasa covered with scrolls, mendak of granulated gold, the scabbard lined with whitish brass (pendok slorok) with a wood wrongka of ladrang type. 19th century.
Length 47 cm
** Provenance
Private Collection, Southern Germany