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A PAIR OF WOOD DOORS WITH DEVATAS
Myanmar, Ava style, 18th/19th century
Of tall irregular section carved in raised relief.
54 1/2in (138.5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
The Kimin Collection, Singapore
The Krannich Collection, Virginia, acquired from the
above in 1991

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A POLYCHROMED WOOD STUPA
Myanmar, Mon style, circa 18th century
Adorned in several rows of Buddha figures carved in
raised relief; mounted on a modern stand.
45in (114.4cm) height inclusive of modern stand
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
The Krannich Collection, Virginia
Acquired from Trakarn Arts and Antiques, Bangkok,
9 December 1989

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A COTTON CERMONIAL TEXTILE, MAWA’ underworld, earth, and heavens out of the original
Sulawesi (Toraja) chaos. This tree united all three layers of the cosmos
Of tall rectangular section, now mounted in a modern and its branches were laden with all kinds of wealth,
shadow box. including precious textiles...’ (See Barnes & Kahlenberg
95 3/4in (243cm) height inclusive of modern shadow box (eds), Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles, New York,
2010, pp.280-1, pl.75.) Also compare a related mawa’
$1,000 - 1,500 with similar treatment of figures and buffalo in the
Metropolitan Museum (Acc.#1990.335.13), and see Yale
According to Roy Hamilton, ‘Palampore provided the University Art Gallery, Acc.#ILE2006.4.45.
precedent for designs of a huge tree with many leaves,
growing out of a mound or mountain...This “world tree” Provenance
is a feature of Toraja as much as Indian cosmology...a The Krannich Collection, Virginia
tree that came into being at the separation of the Acquired from Arts of Asia Gallery, Denpasar, Bali, 1989

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