Sold for over €85k

[David]

Thank you Alan for your tactful exploration on this topic even is it is not specific to the keris at hand.
I wonder if anyone noticed the three (possibly four) fleur-de-lys in the kinatah on the top of this keris. What place would a fleur-de-lys have on court keris from either Jawa or Sumatra?

[A. G. Maisey]

David, I did notice one piece of ornamentation that I thought might be a fleur-de-lys, but I did not think about it. In the late colonial era in Jawa, & until the present day, European based motifs are common in Jawa ornamentation, two that readily come to mind are grapes (sekar anggur), roses (sekar mawar).

To the best of my knowledge, we do not find this sort of European influence in earlier eras.

Pakubuwana X was very much attracted to European art & designs, & I think that perhaps European influence might have weighed heavily on PB IX's decisions also.

We can sometimes use art motifs to help indicate probable time of production of an artefact.

[HughChen]

Are them the most expensive keris sold recently (like within a year) in online auction house?
Do we have more other thread discuss about expensive auction results? I'm quite interested in them.

[David]

Originally Posted by HughChen

Are them the most expensive keris sold recently (like within a year) in online auction house?
Do we have more other thread discuss about expensive auction results? I'm quite interested in them.

As far as i know, yes, in public auctions 85,000 euros is indeed the highest price i am aware of. when adding the 25% auction house premium the price was actually 106,250 euros.