An Indonesian keris. 19th/20th century - image-1

Lot 133 Dα

An Indonesian keris. 19th/20th century

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 11:00 - Indian, Southeast Asian and Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.800 € - 2.000 €

An Indonesian keris. 19th/20th century

An Indonesian keris, the straight blade with a little pamor, double-edged and with a central ridge, the hilt of gilt silver with ruby-coloured and green glass stones, a similarily worked mendak, Bali, the wrongka of ivory, the scabbard of wood with a silver fitting, partly gilt with a figure in repoussé. 19th/20th century.
Length 62.5 cm

Provenance

Formerly property of a lady, owner of a company (Kugler Wildlife), Bochold, probably acquired in the 1960s/70s in Indonesia