A complete set of Cirebon Wayang Purwa

A Cirebon wayang (purwa) kulit set of shadow puppets (190 plus individual puppets and associated paraphanelia) en-suite with carrying case/box.

Cirebon, West Java.

circa late 19th through 20th century

(This is a set belonging to a practicing dhalang who had to part with his set after a failed campaign bid for the local legislature, the oldest puppest date to the late 19th century with contemporaneous replacements for puppets damaged beyond repair) 

A very rare extra-large sized puppet in Triwikrama, standing over a metre tall

Detail of the numerous piled heads - Dasamuka Triwikrama

The garuda, the makara face and the kayon

Bathara Guru or Siwa on the his mount, Nandi

A close-up of one of the older puppets dating to the 19th C

the venerable Semar, Lord of the Javanese Universe

the Ksatria puppets

the character Sekar Pandan, unique to the Cirebon genre of Wayang Purwa

unknown in the wayang kulit of Central and East Java

the mighty Bima, with his poisonous claw

One of the older 19th C puppets, a Liman with a fully prehensile trunk of multiple-joints, traces of gilt 

the ungainly but much revered, Limbuk carrying her comb

Demons on a Naga

More contemporary replacement puppets in the form of steeds with the characteristic mega-mendung (rock-cloud) motif unique to Cirebon

A 19th C bull with traces of gilt

A contemporary replacement Mendjangan

Props and paraphanelia

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Two Central Javanese Court wooden book stands

Two Central Javanese wooden book stands

used for macapat recitals or for holding the Quran

Teak wood, pigment, gold leaf, red cinnibar

collected in the court city of Surakarta in Central Java and the specific Mataram type motiffs and the sunflower, Kusuma is indicative of courtly patronage
the darker stand with the kusuma motif - Width: 24 cm, Height: 42 cm
the stained red cinnibar stand with square motif - Width: 22 cm, height 51 cm 

circa 18th century

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An assortment of Cirebon Dance Masks

An assortment of Cirebon Dance Masks

with the characters of Samba, Kelana and Tumenggung, circa last quarter 20th century

and Tenbem(?) and Togog, circa mid 20th century

Wood, pigment, enamel paints, metal studs, human hair and cotton string

Close-up of Togog with a moveable jaw

Close-up of Kelana

Close-up of Samba, also known as Pamindo

Close-up of Tumenggung

Close-up of Tenbem(?)

Patination on the back of the masks

Showing the moveable hinge jaw

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A Cirebon Dance Crown

A Cirebon Dance Crown

Cirebon, West Java

metal studs and sequins, tufts of human hair sewn on cloth, tassels of beads wool and buffalo leather crown and diadem

Circa 1970s.

28 X 31 cm

Overall view

Front view

Back view

View of the inside / underside of cap

In profile

Fitted with a mask for comparative purposes

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A rare Wedung in original shealth and damascened blade

A very rare and fine wedung, traditional Javanese side dagger

Surakarta, Central Java

traditionally worn on the left side with the keris slipped within the waist sash at the back and restricted to nobility such as blood princes and high court dignitaries

With four bands of very fine buffalo horn fastenings and clasp on the wooden shealth

in this very uncommon example, the grasp or handle is made of a very rare ebony hardwood which is unknown on Java and must have been sourced from outlying islands, possibly as tributes to the court

from the extremely fine and robust form of the blade, it can be certain that this is an early piece dating from the 18th - 19th centuries and very typical of the empus at the Kasunanan Court of the Surakarta Hadiningrat

A close up of the damascene and meteor parmor

A close up of the rare ebony hardwood grasp

A court piece

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A Cirebon Leather Puppet Gunungan

A Cirebon wayang kulit (leather puppet) gunungan (kayon)

Cirebon, West Java.

With an uncommon widadari (celestial being) motif and the typical tree of life.

Buffalo hide parchment, pigment, gold leaf, fish glue medium (ancor lempeng), lacquer and wood handle

Circa. early to mid 20th century

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A Cirebon Wayang Lamp Dalung/Blencong

A Rare Cirebon Wayang Lamp, Dalung/Blencong

collected from the area of Karang Ampel near Cirebon and of the style with diagnostic makara motiffs and mega-mendung (rolling cloud) decorations. Circa. early 20th century, Cirebon, West Java.

Dalung: Height: 67 cm, Width at widest point: 35 cm

Copper oil pot lamp: Height: 19 cm, Width with spout: 32 cm

Natural patinated teak, metal plaques, iron fittings, bamboo fastening pins and hand-hammered copper oil pot with lamp-wick spout, round protective ring on end.

This wayang lamp is shaped as a kayon or gunungan and it is an indispensible part of the equipment required by the dalang, puppet-master in the performance of the shadow puppet theatre. The dalung (as called in Cirebon) or blencong (as known elsewhere) provides the traditional lighting for a wayang kulit (leather shadow puppet) performance, being hung above the dalang's head behind the kelir (cloth screen) so that its coconut oil-fueled flame projects a flickering light on the puppets. The mobile nature of the light animates the projected shadows, an illusion that modern electric lights fail to impart. 

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