AN IVORY MADURA KRIS HILT
Indonesia, Madura, late 19th – early 20th century
11,5 cm high
Finely carved with a demoniac figure covered with vegetation, wooden stand.
Provenance: the collection of a Dutch noblewoman lived in Indonesia, acquired before 1975.
Two very similar hilts are illustrated in V. Ghirindelli, Kris Hilts. Masterpieces of South-East Asian Art, Milan 2011, pp. 26-27).