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Old 23rd August 2006, 02:55 PM   #1
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6 years ago i bought in indonesia an old metal (bronze?) handle. The seller told me he found the hilt under ground (but I have just listen other times this story) near Cirebon. Really the handle shows the figure of a person (man, woman, queen, king ?? ) that seems to born from clouds (Cirebon pattern ?)over vegetation (Madura pattern?)
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Three years after in Bali i saw in a Legian 's shop a very old bronze keris with the same handle. I did not buy the keris because the prise was very very hight! So i took a photo:
What are your opinions?
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Old 24th August 2006, 09:21 PM   #2
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My gut reaction is that the keris is not old but is the result of chemical treatment, I may be completely wrong but I would not have bought it either.
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Old 24th August 2006, 09:40 PM   #3
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My gut reaction is that the keris is not old but is the result of chemical treatment, I may be completely wrong but I would not have bought it either.
Yeah, hard to tell from the photo for sure. I messed around with it to bring out some detail, but a picture is still just a picture. Interesting dapur and ricikan though.
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