Java keris thoughts

A. G. Maisey · 25th January 2023, 10:23 PM

Yes.

That is the reason why I always date conservatively, especially from photographs and screen images.

If a very experienced keris person, whether dealer or collector or student, handles a keris, and if he can keep it for a few days he might be able to give it a more precise date, maybe within , say, 100 years or so with older items, but from pictures & screen images there is no possibility of getting feedback, nor of doing the very detailed examination necessary to form a solid opinion.

With this keris, one thing that is very indicative of Pajajaran is the material, but we need a lot more than that.

25th January 2023, 10:23 PM	#21
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,990	Yes. That is the reason why I always date conservatively, especially from photographs and screen images. If a very experienced keris person, whether dealer or collector or student, handles a keris, and if he can keep it for a few days he might be able to give it a more precise date, maybe within , say, 100 years or so with older items, but from pictures & screen images there is no possibility of getting feedback, nor of doing the very detailed examination necessary to form a solid opinion. With this keris, one thing that is very indicative of Pajajaran is the material, but we need a lot more than that.