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Lot 198 Dα

THREE INDONESIAN ARTEFACTS

Auction 1147 - overview Brussels
29.01.2020, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 300 € - 500 €
Result: 310 € (incl. premium)

THREE INDONESIAN ARTEFACTS

Dayak figure stopper; Batak hilt; and Dayak hilt
7.5 to 17 cm. high

Cf. Schoffel, A., Arts Primitifs de l’Asie du Sud-Est, Meudon, 1981, p.150, for a pair of similar stoppers described as stoppers for bamboo lime containers. The figures are said to represent a rich Chinese couple.

Provenance

Galerie Ile du Démon, Paris, 1988 for the Dayak hilt; Tatiana Gallery, Singapore, 1990, for the other two