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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4359199, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, the flower decoration on the lobes is of lotus buds and flowers, as is often the case in Javanese art. However, by shape I meant exactly that: the shape, so the outline of the piece. Not the decoration.</p><p>If you read it again, I never mentioned the decoration. If I had, I could have avoided present confusion, so apologies for not mentioning the decoration. I can&#039;t promise to never forget again though, it is very difficult to mention every detail of an item.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the shape is often called dragonfly/capung/tjapung or even scorpion, but older Indonesian people here call it anggrek, which is orchid. Call me an old-fashioned girl.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bob, I don&#039;t know if you&#039;ve noticed, but having different interpretations of the same design is one of the difficulties of Indonesian art, especially that of Java and Madura.</p><p>For instance, the representation of the sacred cockatoo on Madurese keris hilts is usually called bajing loncat, jumping squirrel.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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