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A North Sumatran (Atjeh) Rentjong, And A Sumartran (Celebes) Kris Both 19th Century Or Earlier
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
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A North Sumatran (Atjeh) Rentjong, And A Sumartran (Celebes) Kris
Both 19th Century Or Earlier
Both 19th Century Or Earlier
The first with pattern-welded slightly recurved single-edged blade with tapering neck of octagonal section, characteristic hilt with swelling ivory grip in two pieces (minor damage) set in a petalled gold basal mount chased with foliate designs, gold pommel of tapering circular section chased with a band of foliage against green and black enamel grounds, and gold filigree pommel-cap, in its lightly figured wooden scabbard carved with foliate designs; the second with tapering double-edged pattern-welded blade, and silver kingfisher hilt with embossed decoration, in original figured wooden scabbard with characteristic lightly carved sarongan (2)
25.5 cm. and 19.5 cm. blades
25.5 cm. and 19.5 cm. blades
Footnotes
Provenance:
A.E. Christensen Collection
Literature:
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Gammelt Jern, E.A. Christensens Våbensamling, 1968, cat. nos. 291 and 299, pp. 269, 286 and 287, fig. 64
For a similar example to the first see Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour..., 2013, p. 123, nos. 296








