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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 306317, member: 2844&quot;]I got it from a seller in Friesland, the north of the Netherlands. Friesland has always had strong ties with the VOC, Dutch East India Company, and houses the VOC archives.</p><p>I regularly buy Indonesian antiques from this seller, and bought this little Kartikeya along with an 18th century keris that is related to the royal court of my Indonesian ancestors. The two items were not together originally, I just got a better deal because I bought the two.</p><p>In the 17th century the VOC sent craftsmen from their Indian colonies to Java, to make silver and furniture alongside Javanese and Dutch craftsmen. The result was a wonderful cross-cultural Javanese/Indian/Dutch style. A 17th century Indian craftsman could have taken the Kartikeya with him, or even carved it for himself in Java, where it was found in the 1930s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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