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

Lot 184
Arjunawiwaha, Ider-Ider
POSSIBLY BATUAN, BALI, mid 20th century

pigment on European cotton cloth

28.0 x 208.0 cm



Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500


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


Lot Details

Description

Arjunawiwaha, Ider-Ider POSSIBLY BATUAN, BALI, mid 20th century

pigment on European cotton cloth

28.0 x 208.0 cm

Catalogue text

The scenes depicted on this cloth begin with the (invisible) Arjuna overseeing Suprabha's seduction of Niwatakawaca, followed by Arjuna shooting Niwatakawaca and his marriage to the nymphs. This is another finely executed example of the classical style of painting from outside Kamasan.