24th Nov, 2021 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
227
A MAJAPAHIT TERRACOTTA PIGGY BANK
A MAJAPAHIT TERRACOTTA PIGGY BANK, JAVA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
of stocky form, with upturned ears and pronounced eyebrows, a coin slit in his back
21cm high; 35cm long
Provenance: Property of a late diplomat, probably acquired in the 1980s. For a smaller piggy bank in the Walter-Grounds Collection, USA, see Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy, Los Angeles 1987, p.97, no.62. There is an example in bronze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 1987.142.259.
Sold for £500
A MAJAPAHIT TERRACOTTA PIGGY BANK, JAVA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
of stocky form, with upturned ears and pronounced eyebrows, a coin slit in his back
21cm high; 35cm long
Provenance: Property of a late diplomat, probably acquired in the 1980s. For a smaller piggy bank in the Walter-Grounds Collection, USA, see Pratapaditya Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy, Los Angeles 1987, p.97, no.62. There is an example in bronze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 1987.142.259.
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 24th Nov, 2021
