Lot No. 263


Mixed lot (4 items): India, Burma: a temple bell with 2 elephants and a chain, an oil lamp and a bell from India, as well as an animal bell from Burma.


Mixed lot (4 items): India, Burma: a temple bell with 2 elephants and a chain, an oil lamp and a bell from India, as well as an animal bell from Burma. - Tribal Art

1: India: a temple bell with a clapper and two elephants standing on their rear legs. With a chain comprising twelve individually cast components and a hook for hanging. All parts are cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass with a high percentage of copper) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 26 cm (bell);
Diameter: 13 cm (bell); length: 94 cm (in total, hanging). Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries.

2: India: a round old oil lamp with a spout and a surface to hold a wick at the front with a tall handle and decoration comprising double spirals and dots. Cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 10 cm (with handle);
Diameter: 7 cm (below). Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries.

3: India: a bell with hanging loop. Cast in a single piece from yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 6.5 cm.

4: Burma: an old rectangular animal bell. With two hangers on the upper sides and a continuous band of decoration below. Cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique. With an empty bullet casing inside as the clapper.
Dimensions: 8 cm x 9 cm x 4.5 cm. Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries. (ME)

Provenance: Austrian private collection.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

06.04.2017 - 15:00

Starting bid:
EUR 260.-

Mixed lot (4 items): India, Burma: a temple bell with 2 elephants and a chain, an oil lamp and a bell from India, as well as an animal bell from Burma.


1: India: a temple bell with a clapper and two elephants standing on their rear legs. With a chain comprising twelve individually cast components and a hook for hanging. All parts are cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass with a high percentage of copper) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 26 cm (bell);
Diameter: 13 cm (bell); length: 94 cm (in total, hanging). Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries.

2: India: a round old oil lamp with a spout and a surface to hold a wick at the front with a tall handle and decoration comprising double spirals and dots. Cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 10 cm (with handle);
Diameter: 7 cm (below). Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries.

3: India: a bell with hanging loop. Cast in a single piece from yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique.
Height: 6.5 cm.

4: Burma: an old rectangular animal bell. With two hangers on the upper sides and a continuous band of decoration below. Cast in yellow cast-alloy (brass) using the waste mould technique. With an empty bullet casing inside as the clapper.
Dimensions: 8 cm x 9 cm x 4.5 cm. Between the 19th and the early 20th centuries. (ME)

Provenance: Austrian private collection.

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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