Country House and Eastern Interiors

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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GANESHA. CENTRAL JAVA. 10-11TH CENTURY

PROVENANCE THE A T DEXTER COLLECTION,DUKE'S ASIAN ART,FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER,2014,LOT 457.
PRIVATE U.K COLLECTION BEFORE 1970.
WITH OLD PAPER COLLECTION LABEL.

VERY NICE DARK CHOCOLATE BROWN COLOUR WITH ENCRUSTED PATINATION.

HE SITS WITH THE SOLES OF HIS FEET TOUCHING UPON A CIRCULAR PILLOW ALOFT A STEPPED PLINTH.

FOUR ARMED HOLDING ROSARY BEADS,AN AXE,A BOWL OF SWEETS AND HIS BROKEN TUSK.

7 INCHES, (18CM) HIGH. and a heavy weight at 1.894 kg

WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN MORE INTEREST IN INDONESIAN SCULPTURE AS THERE COUNTERPARTS ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT SEEM TO BECOME SCARCER AND MAKE EVER INCREASING PRICES. HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY INDIAN & INDONESIAN ART FORMS HAVE MERGED,BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM.

MY COLLECTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME OF THESE ARTEFACTS REPRESENTS EXCELLENT VALUE INDEED.

PRICE ON REQUEST.