Mixed lot (5 pieces): Indonesia, Java, Bali: 5 small-format shadow theatre figures made of painted leather, called ‘Wayang kulit’ figures.
Mixed lot (5 pieces): Indonesia, Java, Bali: 5 small-format shadow theatre figures made of painted leather, called ‘Wayang kulit’ figures.
The traditional ‘Wayang kulit’ shadow theatre in Java and Bali includes more than 100 different figures. Among the 5 present, small ‘Wayang kulit’ figures, two depict the popular, large-bellied jester, Semar (or Bagong). Further, a Bathara Indra, the god of the heavens, thunder and storms, with his turban-like, spirally-twisted headdress, a goddess Setyaboma, with a high god’s crown, as well as an unspecified female figure, called Putren in Javanese shadow theatre, who is used for a number of secondary roles. All 5 small-format shadow theatre figures display slight damage resulting from many years of use (colour scuffing).
Height: between 34 cm and 44 cm.
First half to mid-20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
20.02.2017 - 14:00
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EUR 300,-
Mixed lot (5 pieces): Indonesia, Java, Bali: 5 small-format shadow theatre figures made of painted leather, called ‘Wayang kulit’ figures.
The traditional ‘Wayang kulit’ shadow theatre in Java and Bali includes more than 100 different figures. Among the 5 present, small ‘Wayang kulit’ figures, two depict the popular, large-bellied jester, Semar (or Bagong). Further, a Bathara Indra, the god of the heavens, thunder and storms, with his turban-like, spirally-twisted headdress, a goddess Setyaboma, with a high god’s crown, as well as an unspecified female figure, called Putren in Javanese shadow theatre, who is used for a number of secondary roles. All 5 small-format shadow theatre figures display slight damage resulting from many years of use (colour scuffing).
Height: between 34 cm and 44 cm.
First half to mid-20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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