Theater mask · Indonesia · ID: 3032156
sold
EUR 240
Size
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
wood, painted in white, accents in black, red and gold, well-rounded forms, without lower jaw, beautiful curved brows and narrow slit eyes with tear drops, rep. (left rim), yellowed, slightly blotched, inscribed on the back “Dojok Semar”;
the javanese theater as a whole goes back to the buffalo-skin figures of “wayang purwa”, especially on the round figures of “wayang golek”.
The object Theater mask with the object ID 3032156 was part of the auction 68th tribal art auction on March 3, 2012. The object with the lot number 2 achieved a sales price of EUR 240 with an asking price of EUR 200.
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