Cirebon hilt?

A. G. Maisey · 30th November 2017, 11:02 PM

David, based upon what I believe I can see in the pic, if I were to be presented with this hilt on an older Javanese keris, I think I'd probably be inclined to accept it as Javanese.

However, having said that, there are elements in both style and execution that I have not seen previously in hilts that I know to be Javanese.

I have very little knowledge of old Siamese art motifs, or of art motifs and execution in all the other parts of SE Asia, my knowledge of these areas is only general knowledge, not specialist knowledge.

In this sort of situation I prefer not to give an opinion.

What you have to go on is somebody else's opinion, so the way I'd describe it would be:- "--- attributed to ---"

30th November 2017, 11:02 PM	#13
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,019	David, based upon what I believe I can see in the pic, if I were to be presented with this hilt on an older Javanese keris, I think I'd probably be inclined to accept it as Javanese. However, having said that, there are elements in both style and execution that I have not seen previously in hilts that I know to be Javanese. I have very little knowledge of old Siamese art motifs, or of art motifs and execution in all the other parts of SE Asia, my knowledge of these areas is only general knowledge, not specialist knowledge. In this sort of situation I prefer not to give an opinion. What you have to go on is somebody else's opinion, so the way I'd describe it would be:- "--- attributed to ---"