BALI
drum cylinder of nangka (jackfruit) wood, hollowed and decorated with four spotted mythological beasts on flower-sprinkled ground with Chinese style fret borders, painted with deep red, brown, green, black and vermillion paint and gilt highlights, with two metal suspension hooks
52.0 cm length
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
Sold:
$7,800 (inc. BP)
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Drum
BALI
drum cylinder of nangka (jackfruit) wood, hollowed and decorated with four spotted mythological beasts on flower-sprinkled ground with Chinese style fret borders, painted with deep red, brown, green, black and vermillion paint and gilt highlights, with two metal suspension hooks
52.0 cm length
Exhibited
Donald Friend's Bali, an exhibition arranged in conjunction with the Donald Friend Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 February – 25 March 1990
Literature
Donald Friend's Bali, Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Beagle Press, Sydney,1990, cat. 46, p. 52 (illus.)