Mixed lot (3 pieces), Indonesia, Island of Timor: three spoons, carved from the horn of water buffalo and richly decorated.
Mixed lot (3 pieces), Indonesia, Island of Timor: three spoons, carved from the horn of water buffalo and richly decorated.
Three spoons, known as ‘sunu’, from western Timor. Carved from dark brown or black water buffalo horn. One of the three Timor spoons has a smooth handle. Two crocodiles are incised into its reverse. The second spoon displays typical Timor carving with images of birds and decorative engraving. The third, smaller spoon has an openwork handle with two s-shaped volutes and a highly abstract head at the top (a bird’s head?).
Length: 14.5 cm; 21.5 cm; 24 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Private Collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
06.04.2017 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 188.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 150.-
Mixed lot (3 pieces), Indonesia, Island of Timor: three spoons, carved from the horn of water buffalo and richly decorated.
Three spoons, known as ‘sunu’, from western Timor. Carved from dark brown or black water buffalo horn. One of the three Timor spoons has a smooth handle. Two crocodiles are incised into its reverse. The second spoon displays typical Timor carving with images of birds and decorative engraving. The third, smaller spoon has an openwork handle with two s-shaped volutes and a highly abstract head at the top (a bird’s head?).
Length: 14.5 cm; 21.5 cm; 24 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Private Collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.04.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.04. - 06.04.2017 |
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