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Lot #57 - Kris And Scabbard, Possibly 9th–11th Century

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Works from the Donald Friend Collection - The Property of Attilio Guarrancino, Melbourne
  • Sale Date:
    27 Oct 2013 ~ 2pm
  • Lot #:
    57
  • Lot Description:
    Kris And Scabbard, Possibly 9th–11th Century
    North Java
    steel blade decorated on each side in relief with three standing priest figures and a winged elephant, the scabbard of wood with a modelled ivory crosspiece; the bone hilt carved in the form of a demon, raksasa, wearing a snake for a necklace
    47.0 cm height overall; hilt 10.0 cm height
  • Exhibited:
    Donald Friend’s Bali, an exhibition arranged in conjunction with the Donald Friend Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 February – 25 March 1990
  • References:
    Donald Friend’s Bali, Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Beagle Press, Sydney, 1990, cat. 91, p. 62 (illus.)
  • Notes:
    In a detailed drawing of the blade and hilt attached to one of his diaries (October 1972) Donald Friend writes that the kris dated to the 9th–10th centuries and was bought to Bali in the 14th century by Gajah Mada. This hilt style is known as Java demang, elsewhere in Indonesia. Related Works: Very similar to 'Ivory kris handle in the form of squatting garuda, the mythical bird', Central Java, pre-1940, ivory, 8.5 cm height, accession number 1772-661, and Ivory kris hilt representing a squatting demon, Cirebon district, Java, 1800–1900, ivory, 8.7 cm height, 1800-1900, accession number 1772-437, both collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
  • Estimate:
    A$4,000 - 6,000
  • Realised Price:
    *****

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  • Category:
    Miscellaneous

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