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LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FINE BALINESE SILVER- AND GEMSTONE-MOUNTED COURTLY KRIS (KERIS) OF EXCEPTIONAL SIZE
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) five wave (pendowo limo) blade with pamor adeg sapu, gonjo kelap lintah, ruby-set silver mendak, heavy silver grip cast and chased in the form of Batara Bayu, the god of winds, set with thirty-five assorted cabochon rubies, sapphires and other semi-precious stones, and original wooden scabbard encased in silver with gilt details and heightened with fifty-three assorted cabochon rubies, sapphires and other semi-precious stones
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) five wave (pendowo limo) blade with pamor adeg sapu, gonjo kelap lintah, ruby-set silver mendak, heavy silver grip cast and chased in the form of Batara Bayu, the god of winds, set with thirty-five assorted cabochon rubies, sapphires and other semi-precious stones, and original wooden scabbard encased in silver with gilt details and heightened with fifty-three assorted cabochon rubies, sapphires and other semi-precious stones