Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12367114, member: 2844&quot;]Marote is right (of course), Indonesian.</p><p>They are from a 1930s tobacco set made in East Java, Indonesia.</p><p>These tobacco sets were mostly made for colonials, but based on the techniques and imagery of East Javanese sirih/betel sets, like mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/img_20250119_130949_1-jpg.551568/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As said, the wayang figure is Indonesian. It couldn&#039;t be more Javanese if it tried.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> The origin of wayang lies in East Java.</p><p><br /></p><p>The double-headed peacock is also a very Javanese symbol. Originally a symbol of royalty, but later used as a general motif. It has a shorter, more compact tail than the usual Continental Asian peacocks, because it takes it shape (minus second head<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) from the Javanese peacock-pheasant, so it is actually a member of the pheasant family:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554134[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegelpauw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegelpauw" rel="nofollow">https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegelpauw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, it isn&#039;t. Just an indentation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in