24th Nov, 2021 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
294
A JAVANESE GOLD REPOUSSE MASK
A JAVANESE GOLD REPOUSSE MASK, INDONESIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
the mouth with bared teeth, the cheeks with scroll decoration
13 x 11cm
Provenance: Collection of a late diplomat, thence by descent For a similar sheet gold mask in the Museum Sono Budoyo, Yogyakarta, see Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, Washington 1990, p.282, no.106. Fontein suggests that these sheet gold objects had a funerary function, perhaps attached to cloth effigies.
Sold for £800
A JAVANESE GOLD REPOUSSE MASK, INDONESIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
the mouth with bared teeth, the cheeks with scroll decoration
13 x 11cm
Provenance: Collection of a late diplomat, thence by descent For a similar sheet gold mask in the Museum Sono Budoyo, Yogyakarta, see Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, Washington 1990, p.282, no.106. Fontein suggests that these sheet gold objects had a funerary function, perhaps attached to cloth effigies.
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 24th Nov, 2021
