Javaanse kris
anonymous
1500 - 1900
Medium
iron (metal)
Dimensions
47.6; 2.5; 10.8; 45.4; 18; 5.4
About this artwork
…; from Dr Ernst Heldring (1871-1954), fl. 575, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1933;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...