Specifications

• Height: 9,5 cm.
• Material: ivory
• Position:standing
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 1.700,- hp

Provenance

Alexander Pollmer, Munich; Zemanek, Würzburg 12-5-2009, lot 19; Werner Zintl, Worms; Zemanek, Würzburg 15-11-2025, lot 118.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

The character of this well carved figure wrapped in foliage has been a subject of debate. Wether a benign (crossed arms on the chest) ancestor or a god, Rahwana or Bairava, this type belongs to the coveted kris handels.

Photo credits

Thomas Lother & Volker Thomas, Nuremberg