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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2617095, member: 2844&quot;]It is lovely, and very traditional Javanese. The Djokja silversmiths originally worked for the courts, which maintain many pre-Islamic traditions. So the motifs are a legacy of the Hindu and pre-Hindu history of Java.</p><p>I cropped one of you photos.</p><p>On the left is a lotus motif, which in Hinduism and Buddhism stands for spiritual growth and purity.</p><p>On the right is the double Javanese peacock, an old symbol of royalty but also of purity. Javanese Islamic mysticism adopted the double Javanese peacock as a symbol of the mystic purity of the prophet Muhammad.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]271673[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the Javanese peacock, it has a green neck instead of blue, and it has more crown feathers, which don&#039;t fan out:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fjualayamhias.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F11%2FGreen-peacock.jpg%3Ffit%3D1600%252C1062%26ssl%3D1&amp;sp=1598099379Tf81b752c0e2a58b5c00275967cf92b66855ce969bbb1316b1b3d2f52865d8ac6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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