Thread: Oddity
View Single Post
Old 27th December 2012, 10:19 PM   #4
Sajen
Member
 
Sajen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
Posts: 9,164
Default

Hello David,

congrats, I am green with envy!

A very similar keris is pictured in "The Kris, Mystic Weapon of the Malay World" from Edward Frey on page 57, picture i. This keris has as well an Cirebon ganesha handle, the gandar has nearly the same carving as well the wrangka while the form is different, like turned around by 180 degree.
Just have taken a picture, not very good but shows it better as just a description.
Question will be, was this a "common" style by Cirebon keris or have someone copied the in the book shown keris with own fantasy?
Can you see patinanation at the wooden parts?

Regards,

Detlef
Attached Images
 
Sajen is offline   Reply With Quote