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.