BALI

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
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KRIS HOLDER

BALI

wood carved in the form of a grotesque or demonic frog

36.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney
Catalogue text

The kris goes into the open mouth of the animal which isfacing upwards. An example of a composite creature, being the body of a frog with the eyes and fangs of a mythical beast and the curly mane of a lion.