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Kamasan, Bali, Sri Tanjung, Ider-Ider, early 20th century,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
27-Oct-2013
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Description:
Kamasan, Bali, Sri Tanjung, Ider-Ider, early 20th century, pigment on Balinese cotton cloth, 28 x 108 cm. Other Notes: Ider-ider are narrow-strip paintings hung around the eaves of pavilions (bale), and enclosed shrines (gedong), and May be up to fifteen metres in length. The narratives depicted on them are viewed by moving along the painting from right to left, sometimes in reverse order, or in complex combinations of these. This painting is a fragment of a longer cloth and depicts a row of courtly personages. Text on the back, written in Balinese script States that the painting depicts scenes from the Sri Tanjung story, relating the fate of the couple Sidapaksa and Sri Tanjung who part after Sidapaksa is commanded to go to Indra's heaven so that King Sulakrama can seduce Sri Tanjung
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Category:
Unclassified