A JAVANESE KRIS with straight watered blade, ivory garuda hilt cut with intricate scrollwork, gold filigree mandaq cut in imitation of brilliants, and original scabbard with highly figured sarongari; and another, the ivory hilt pierced and carved with flowers, foliage, horses, winged figures, and a sacred bird, gold filigree mendaq, and original wooden scabbard encased in white-metal lightly engraved with foliage on a hatched ground

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A JAVANESE KRIS with straight watered blade, ivory garuda hilt cut with intricate scrollwork, gold filigree mandaq cut in imitation of brilliants, and original scabbard with highly figured sarongari; and another, the ivory hilt pierced and carved with flowers, foliage, horses, winged figures, and a sacred bird, gold filigree mendaq, and original wooden scabbard encased in white-metal lightly engraved with foliage on a hatched ground
17¾in. and 17½in. (2)

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