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AN INDONESIAN KRIS SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
AN INDONESIAN KRIS SWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
A large Balinese example, the wooden grip wound with coir, with older handforged multi-waved bladeshowing pattern-welded construction. In its actively-grained wooden scabbard with finely painted warangka depicting gilded flower to the obverse and a winged animal to the reverse. 19th century. Paint rubbed. Overall length 62.5 cm.
Condition II