BALI

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
140

TWO LAMPS

BALI

bronze, each with a cup-shaped container for oil rising from a curved supporting frame ending in two legs attached to a flat decorative base. The front of each is adorned with the crowned head of a serpent (naga) whose body forms the curve of the frame. Resting on the back curve of the frame is a bull representing Nandi (the god Siwa's animal vehicle).These lamps are used in the rituals of brahman high priests

20.5 cm length each

Estimate: 
$500 - 1,000 (2)
Sold for $576 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney