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Works from the Donald Friend Collection - 27 October 2013  |  Sydney

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Lot 59
Kris Hilt Modelled In The Form Of Bima
BALI, probably 19th century

embossed and chased gold inlaid with semi-precious coloured cabochon cut stones

12.5 cm height


Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000


Lot Details

Description
Kris Hilt Modelled In The Form Of Bima BALI, probably 19th century

embossed and chased gold inlaid with semi-precious coloured cabochon cut stones

12.5 cm height

Exhibited

Donald Friend's Bali, an exhibition arranged in conjunction with the Donald Friend Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney, 9 February – 25 March 1990

Literature

Donald Friend's Bali, Art Gallery of New South Wales andThe Beagle Press, Sydney, 1990, cat. 90, p. 31 (illus.)

Related works

Dagger handle, Bali or East Java, late 18th or 19th century, engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock crystal, over wood, 11.4 cm height, accession number 2008.422, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Kris with golden handle, Buleleng district, Bali, pre-1934, 56.5 cm height, accession number 896-1, collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam