Description : Kris Gold, Pelet Wood, Ruby, Sapphire & other Precious Gemstones, Iron
Origin : Bali
Age : 19th Cent. A.D.
Dimensions :
- Length: 58 cm
- Width: 18.5 cm
- Depth: 5 cm
- Blade: 38.5 cm
- with Handle: 50 cm
Weight : 575 grams
Price : US$39,900
This finely wrought golden Balinese kris handle is a rare depiction of Ratu Gede Mecaling, commonly known as the evil witch Rangda, who features in the tantric Javanese romance Calanarong. She wears a five pointed crown encrusted with rubies over her long tresses which fall down her back, along with fan shaped earrings with rubies, a large necklace, bracelets and leg bands. While her lower torso is covered by a hip wrap, her pendulous breasts are exposed. She holds her long flamed tongue in her right hand and a fly whisk in her right. With one leg folded beneath her bottom in a classical Balinese dance pose she sits on a stool with deep interlocking triangles with swirling foliage encrusted with rubies and sapphires. The larger kris ring below this consists of a circle of rubies, echoing the smaller ring below again. The wrangka and sheath are carved of rare pelet wood with an abstract pattern of dark against golden brown. One side of the sheath is clad with a silver plate. A vigorous repoussé tantric four armed image of Ravana, the ten headed villain-sorcerer of the Ramayana Epic surrounded by magical flames and an eternal knot, can be seen on this. The bottom of the sheath is also worked with a demon mask and lotus flower encircled by its own tendril. Both repoussé patterns have been gilded with pure gold using a complex technique known as pijahan.
The blade is unusually in that it is decorated with two animals, one on each side. The first is a squatting lion or singa, the second a naga or dragon whose tail runs put the center of the blade. It has 9 luk or curves and a delicate damascene pattern.
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