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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2744091, member: 2844"]Just a flash visit for my favourite French lady.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is the real deal.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> He is probably late 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could be Sawo wood, which is used a lot on Madura. Sawo is lightweight and also a fairly light colour. Some Balinese hilts were carved on Madura, but used on Bali. This model is classic Balinese.</p><p>The oval things around the base are an imitation of the stones set into silver or gold on the more expensive hilts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type of hilt, figurative, is called 'Togogan'. Togogan were once reserved for the aristocracy, but most restrictions got blurred after the fall of the Balinese royalty in the early 20th century. (Complicated story to do with the invasion of Bali by the Dutch.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The person represented is actually my very distant relative.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> He is Dharmawangsa, ruler of the Javanese kingdom of Medang, and famous for having commissioned the translation of the Hindu epic Mahabharata into Javanese, so the people could understand what was actually said during those long Wayang performances. A bit like Roman Catholic mass being read in the local language instead of Latin. Except he got the idea nearly 1000 years before the RC church did.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Dharmawangsa also invaded Bali, which brought the Javanese culture to Bali. You would think the Balinese would have had a problem with that, but they are still proud of their part-Javanese heritage today.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dharmawangsa has his own (short) Wiki page, where you can also read his full name. (And you will understand why I didn't write it here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmawangsa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmawangsa" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmawangsa</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2744091, member: 2844"]Just a flash visit for my favourite French lady.:) Of course.:joyful: It is the real deal.:happy: He is probably late 19th century. Could be Sawo wood, which is used a lot on Madura. Sawo is lightweight and also a fairly light colour. Some Balinese hilts were carved on Madura, but used on Bali. This model is classic Balinese. The oval things around the base are an imitation of the stones set into silver or gold on the more expensive hilts. The type of hilt, figurative, is called 'Togogan'. Togogan were once reserved for the aristocracy, but most restrictions got blurred after the fall of the Balinese royalty in the early 20th century. (Complicated story to do with the invasion of Bali by the Dutch.) The person represented is actually my very distant relative.:playful: He is Dharmawangsa, ruler of the Javanese kingdom of Medang, and famous for having commissioned the translation of the Hindu epic Mahabharata into Javanese, so the people could understand what was actually said during those long Wayang performances. A bit like Roman Catholic mass being read in the local language instead of Latin. Except he got the idea nearly 1000 years before the RC church did.:smug: Dharmawangsa also invaded Bali, which brought the Javanese culture to Bali. You would think the Balinese would have had a problem with that, but they are still proud of their part-Javanese heritage today.:confused: Dharmawangsa has his own (short) Wiki page, where you can also read his full name. (And you will understand why I didn't write it here :jawdrop:) [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmawangsa[/URL][/QUOTE]
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