A selection of Batik Indonesia from the Hardjonagaran House

A selection of Batik Indonesia from the Hardjonegaran House.

Affordable, yet unique with a famous legacy...

Batik with a combination of stamp and hand-drawn designs, hand dyed and finished

Batik Indonesia dengan kombinasi cap dan tulis

kain panjang approximately 2.60 m X 1.05 m

Sojourner presents a selection of affordable batiks from the house of the batik maestro, KRT (as he was then) Hardjonagoro in Solo, Central Java.

Hardjonagoro was born in 1931 as Go Tik Swan and he was descended from an ethnic-Chinese family of batik merchants in Surakarta, Central Java. He was a confidente of the first president of Indonesia, who in 1955 gave him a suggestion to create a genre of batik known as "Batik Indonesia" which would comprise and envelope the different styles of batik from the coast as well as from the interior. With this suggestion in mind, he created a combination batik which adapted bright shades and extrovert styles of the North Coast that were enjoined with the traditional standard styles of the inland areas of Solo and Yogya. They were an instant success in their time and were eagerly collected by the elite and were also presented as state gifts to visiting heads of state and their spouses. 

Go Tik Swan passed away in 2008 with the title of Panembahan Hardjonagoro bestowed to him by the current ruler of the senior court in Surakarta.

The legacy of his Batik Indonesia creations are continued in a limited way by his heirs.

These are in standard kain panjang lengths which are standard Javanese waist-cloths or wraps which can be contemporaneously adapted as decorative wall hangings, interior furnishings or tailored into shirts and blouses.

We hope that you would enjoy the selection and motifs and please excuse us for the poor photography and presentation but the quality of the fabrics themselves are superb.



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A garuda motif krobongan ornament

A garuda motif krobongan ornament

wood, gold-leaf, vermillon and iron components

circa 20th century

Surakarta, Central Java

The below is an example of how such krobongan ornaments are used in traditional Javanese architecture. It is hung in the centre of the krobongan as a symbol of nobility and characterises the sacred space which the central room within the inner house, known as the senthong tengah which is draped with cinde (patola) cloth or with exquisitely coloured wood plans coloured in imitation of those textiles, where rites of passage such as marriage and funerals are held and where it is a chamber intended for fertility rites and serves as resting place for the rice goddess, Dewi Sri. This example is from Kota Gede, a suburb of current day Yogyakarta. 



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A pair of mosquito-net kelambu holders

A pair of mosquito-net kelambu holders.

The left is 19th century and the right is a 20th century pairing but not of modern manufacture.

Of the royal garuda or manuk bri motif with the tail and wings spread in sawat form.

Wood, gold-leaf, iron and pigment.

Surakarta, Central Java

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A burlwood sirih (betetnut) set

A burlwood sirih betelnut set.

Brass, iron and burlwood

circa 19th century, Java

The preparation and serving of sirih was an important ceremony of hospitality throughout Indonesia and accompanied many important rituals and celebrations such as weddings and meetings.

The paraphanelia consists of an iron kacip in bird-form, a wadah for sirih leaves in vase form, containers for gambir, tobacco slivers, cupu covered containers for lime and separate mixing receptacles.



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A very rare betelnut cutter Kacip in horse form

A very rare betelnut cutter Kacip in horse form with extremely fine detailing of silver inlay for the mane and tail and the use of lozenge and swastika motifs. The robustness and vitality of the workmanship is typical of Balinese craft.

Badung, Bali, 19th century

iron, silver inlay and shealth

compare the published example in Jessup, Court Arts of Indonesia No. 46, in the collection of the Museum Nasional, Jakarta, inv. no. E942

Literature: Koleksi Pilihan Museum Nasional 1984: 541, pl. 126. 

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A Silver-Gilt Peranakan Sirih (Betelnut) Set

A Silver-Gilt Peranakan Sirih (betelnut) Set comprising of the sirih vase, the lime cupsidors and gambir / areca nut containers with a spoon to mix the quid. Held together in a silver-plate tray on cabriole feet. Such betelnut sets are found in South-East Asia and more rarely to the south down in island of Java where indigenous local rulers and regents had customary and ceremonial sets for formal occasions such as meetings and weddings.

circa 19th century

* Kindly note that the betelnut cutter - Kacip is not included in the set.

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