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A TUFF ORNAMENTED RAIN SPOUT AN ANDESITE LINTEL WITH KALA
EAST JAVA, MAJAPAHIT PERIOD, 15TH CENTURY CENTRAL JAVA, 9TH CENTURY
19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm) high 45 in. (114.3 cm) long

$6,000 - 8,000 $10,000 - 15,000

爪哇東部 滿者伯夷時期 十五世紀 雨槽石雕 爪哇中部 九世紀 安山岩卡拉浮雕
In Java, the ‘face of glory’ (kala in Javanese, kirtimukha in Sanskrit)
During the 14th and 15th century in East Java, the favored medium appeared over temple doorways, windows, and niches to protect
for relief panels was terracotta and tuff (chalk stone). Images from lore entryways from harmful forces. This wide panel is finely carved and
and epics were mixed with bold floral and organic forms, such as in complete. Compare the treatment of the scrolling elements to a panel
the present lot with a seated figure surrounded by swirling water forms depicting Sri-Lakshmi flanked by two elephants in Fontaine, Sculpture
and a thick canopy of leaves. Another spout from the same collection of Indonesia, Washington, 1990, p.142, no.14, and a related example
was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS.12-1989) see formerly in the Alsdorf Collection sold at Christie’s, New York, 22
Boisselier, Majapahit, Paris, 1990. March 2001, lot 2510.

Published Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd, Octagon, London, Spring 1989, Vol.XXVI, No.1, p.28. Spink & Son Ltd, London, 29 June 1989
The Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection, California
Provenance
Mrs. Hubberling, Rotterdam, inherited from her father, a civil servant in
Java in the 1930s
Spink & Son Ltd, London, 29 June 1989
The Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection, California

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