Kamardikan Sunggingan Keris

A. G. Maisey · 13th January 2025, 07:57 PM

With apologies, I have taken the liberty of giving one of these images a light massage, to make it easier to see the pendok motif.

I think this motif is an interpretation of Sekar Torong.

I'm not sure I like the 50/50 approach to the sunggingan work, I do not know of this partial sunggingan work in historical sunggingan work, however, the work that has been done on this wrongko is nice neat work, but, for me, the overall effect is a bit too different to what I'm used to seeing.

It is difficult to appraise a wrongko, & a wilah from photos, but the wrongko here looks to be competent work, as does the wilah. I think we could give this pamor as Lar Gangsir?

13th January 2025, 07:57 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,047	With apologies, I have taken the liberty of giving one of these images a light massage, to make it easier to see the pendok motif. I think this motif is an interpretation of Sekar Torong. I'm not sure I like the 50/50 approach to the sunggingan work, I do not know of this partial sunggingan work in historical sunggingan work, however, the work that has been done on this wrongko is nice neat work, but, for me, the overall effect is a bit too different to what I'm used to seeing. It is difficult to appraise a wrongko, & a wilah from photos, but the wrongko here looks to be competent work, as does the wilah. I think we could give this pamor as Lar Gangsir? Attached Images Last edited by A. G. Maisey; 13th January 2025 at 08:54 PM. Reason: deletion