Mammal-shaped handle, Bronze Age, ca. 300 BC – 200 AD · Indonesia, Eastern Java, purportedly from Lumajang area · ID: 3052698
Price
EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Dutch Private Collection (1960s or earlier)Kurt Sandmair (1932-2013), Munich, Germany (acquired in the early 1980s in Amsterdam)
Size
L: 8,4 cm
H: 6,5 cm
L: 3.3 inch
H: 2.6 inch
Description
bronze, base
The delightful depicition of an unidentifiable mammal might well have served as a decorative element on a bronze vessel or possibly a drum.
We do not know comparable three-dimensional Bronze Age objects!
The object Mammal-shaped handle, Bronze Age, ca. 300 BC – 200 AD with the object ID 3052698 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 87 at that time and is currently available for EUR 2,500 in Open sale.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).