Un kukri serti de pierres et deux kris, Népal et...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Un kukri serti de pierres et deux kris, Népal et Indonésie XIXe siècle
A gem-set kukri and two kris, Nepal and Indonesia, 19th Century
the kukri with curved blade, widening towards the point, the horn hilt with flaring pommel, the wood scabbard clad in brown leather, the gilt-copper mounts decorated in filigree and set with coral (corallium rubrum) and turquoise; the first kris with double-edged watered-steel blade, the carved wood hilt decorated in gold overlay to the base; the second kris with waved double-edged watered-steel blade, the hooked silver hilt decorated in repoussé with foliate interlace and set with an agate, the wood scabbard clad in silver and decorated in repoussé
the largest 44 cm. long(3)
Provenance
Gallerie Temoin, Geneva, 6 July 1998 (the two kris).
Property from a Royal Collection.
For a gold-mounted example of a horn-hilted kukri sold at Bonhams, San Fracisco, see Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 17 November 2008, lot 4038.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Un kukri serti de pierres et deux kris, Népal et Indonésie XIXe siècle
A gem-set kukri and two kris, Nepal and Indonesia, 19th Century
the kukri with curved blade, widening towards the point, the horn hilt with flaring pommel, the wood scabbard clad in brown leather, the gilt-copper mounts decorated in filigree and set with coral (corallium rubrum) and turquoise; the first kris with double-edged watered-steel blade, the carved wood hilt decorated in gold overlay to the base; the second kris with waved double-edged watered-steel blade, the hooked silver hilt decorated in repoussé with foliate interlace and set with an agate, the wood scabbard clad in silver and decorated in repoussé
the largest 44 cm. long(3)
Provenance
Gallerie Temoin, Geneva, 6 July 1998 (the two kris).
Property from a Royal Collection.
For a gold-mounted example of a horn-hilted kukri sold at Bonhams, San Fracisco, see Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 17 November 2008, lot 4038.
