Splendour: The Philippe Missillier Collection of Islamic & Indian Arms and Armour

Splendour: The Philippe Missillier Collection of Islamic & Indian Arms and Armour

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An Inlaid Kris Dagger, Indonesia, 16th to 18th Century

Auction Closed

April 29, 12:32 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the wavy steel blade with distinct pattern-welded pamor and floral inlay in gold, the wooden hilt finely carved.

44cm.

Philippe Missillier Collection no.188C

Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion, London: Robert Hales C.I. Ltd, 2013, p.134, no.320

This kris may have been made in Sumatra in the Majapahit period (thirteenth-sixteenth centuries), or later, with a wooden hilt carved with a stylised figure of Ganesh (Hales 2013, p.134).

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