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hermaphrodite standing on short bent legs, wearing a tapered crown consisting of four parts with a central fern leaf, slit mouth, four arms one pair outstretched, the left arm separately carved. (replacement of one crown element on right side)
SALEROOM NOTICE: See the Provenance, this figure was exhibited in a New York 1948 exhibition.
H. 56 cm.
C.T. Bertling (1891-1970), Bloemendaal, acquired in the Dutch East Indies before 1942. Exhibited: Asia Institute, New York: Indonesian Art, a loan exhibition from the Royal Indies Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oct. 29 - Dec. 31 1948 Published: Heine-Geldern a.o. (1948), Indonesian Art, New York: Asia Institute, p. 94 and ill. p. 95 nr. 271. Ref.: Gronert, W. (1990), Nias, p. 203, nr 27 for an almost similar figure.
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Hammer price: € 4,600
