AN IVORY KRIS HILTJava, Madura, late 19th – early 20th century10 cm high Finely carved with flowers, leaves and stylised animals, wooden stand.Provenance: the collection of a Dutch noblewoman lived in Indonesia, acquired before 1975.The stylised horse is probably reminiscent of the Madurese sultan of Sumenep. For similar Donoriko style hilts from Madura in the Lanfranchi collection, see V. Ghirindelli, Kris Hilts. Masterpieces of South-East Asian Art, Milan 2011, pp. 84-87, 102-103.