Indonesia, Flores Island: a janus-headed stone figure.
A janus-headed ancestor or guardian figure from Flores, from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Made of light-coloured stone, with two faces on top. Probably placed as a guardian figure in front of a village (probably an “ancestral couple”, female-male, back to back). Stone figures from Flores are very rare! 19th century or earlier. Height: 66 cm. (ME)
Provenance:
René Clemencic Collection, Vienna.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
09.06.2016 - 17:00
- Vyvolávací cena:
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EUR 3.000,-
Indonesia, Flores Island: a janus-headed stone figure.
A janus-headed ancestor or guardian figure from Flores, from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Made of light-coloured stone, with two faces on top. Probably placed as a guardian figure in front of a village (probably an “ancestral couple”, female-male, back to back). Stone figures from Flores are very rare! 19th century or earlier. Height: 66 cm. (ME)
Provenance:
René Clemencic Collection, Vienna.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Aukce: | Mimoevropské a domorodé umění |
| Typ aukce: | Salónní aukce |
| Datum: | 09.06.2016 - 17:00 |
| Místo konání aukce: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Prohlídka: | 04.06. - 09.06.2016 |
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