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Works from the Donald Friend Collection - 27 October 2013  |  Sydney

Lot 183
Bima Swarga, Ider-Ider
KAMASAN, BALI, 1930s

pigment on European cotton cloth

18.0 x 206.0 cm



Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500


Lot sold: $1,920 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Bima Swarga, Ider-Ider KAMASAN, BALI, 1930s

pigment on European cotton cloth

18.0 x 206.0 cm

Catalogue text

This cloth depicts scenes from the Mahabharata relating the journey of Bima to the afterlife to rescue the souls of his father Pandu and stepmother Madri. Bima is accompanied by his two servants and witnesses the punishments meted out to human souls, including people being struck with steel blades(kris) falling from a tree.