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Have gotten a very nice laminated Cirebon or Sunda sword, I am unsure about this, maybe someone will be able to tell me the exact origin. The scabbard fittings and handle ferrule are from silver, the Makara handle is from wood with inlaid eyes but sadly missing it's crown which was maybe from silver as well. The sword is 81 cm long in it's scabbard, blade length 63 cm and the blade is 10 mm thick near the handle.
All comments are very welcome! Last edited by Sajen; 24th June 2017 at 09:13 PM. |
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Some more pictures
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Hello Detlef,
Congrats, a very nice piece, indeed! Let me know if you ever get bored with it... ![]() I'd go with a generic Sunda attribution - I'm not convinced that it is possible to identify specific Cirebon features with swords that apparently had a pretty wide distribution probably including Sunda-influenced areas in southern Sumatra. I'd guess that the "crown" was a flat or slightly embossed piece of silver. Not sure how it was attached traditionally - looks like it was merely glued in this case? BTW, I'd love to see this blade etched! Regards, Kai |
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Hi Detlef ,
Nice one ! I will stay on the safe side also with the origin of this sword , West Java / Sunda ![]() |
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Here is a simmilar hilt on a Sunda sword i have ( bad photo )
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Hi Detlef ,
Here the complete sword , simple one . And also a photo of a scabbard tip from a Sunda parang . It has the same leaf motive Regards, Danny |
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Thank you Danny, it's every time good to see other examples! It seems that you like I am in need to clean blades!
![]() ![]() From which other Sunda sword are the close up from the scabbard fittings in silver? Regards, Detlef |
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I'd always thought these to be Sunda sword.
Here is another carved hilt type. The blade on this example carries a keris feature, a kembang kacang. Gavin |
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Hello Gavin,
yes, a typical early Sunda hilt. I think that we can say that Cirebon is culturally intimately connected with Sunda. Can we see the blade please? Regards, Detlef |
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