Indonesia, Flores Island: A janus-headed stone figure.
A janus-headed ancestor- or guardian figure from Flores, in 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. H: 66 cm. (ME)
Provenance: René Clemencic Collection, Vienna.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
26.05.2015 - 15:00
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Indonesia, Flores Island: A janus-headed stone figure.
A janus-headed ancestor- or guardian figure from Flores, in 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. H: 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: | 26.05.2015 - 15:00 |
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| Prohlídka: | 20.05. - 26.05.2015 |