Two lances in wooden case ·  Indonesia - Java, Yoqyakarta · ID: 3034081

Description

short wooden shaft with iron lance tip, the wooden cases elaborately decorated with floral motifs in high relief, dyed in red and gold, slightly dam., traces of corrosion (blades);
court art, in the so-called “Kraton” style.
“Kraton” is the name of the sultan palace in Yoqyakarta, Java. The building of this “town within the town”, which takes a quarter of about one square kilometre and is entirely enclosed by white walls, began in 1755 among Sultan Hamengku Buwono I. and was finished in 1792. In 1812 the “Kraton” was plundered by english troops.

The object Two lances in wooden case with the object ID 3034081 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 14 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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