Javanese Batik Cap tjap mounted in teak

by Batik Art

A$250 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Java. Stock ID #215482 Copper batik wax stamping tool tjap mounted on teak, 18.7 x 30 cms a few scratches to the teak , metal hook mounted on the verso, in very good condition. Appealing example of a tool used in Javanese batik art: the copper stamping tool cap or tjap with a geometric design framed and embedded in teak. The embedding of batik cap designs was developed by a craftsman later dubbed The Cap Man in Jakarta in the early 1970s,

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