A group of fourteen ritual implements, Java, 9th - 20th century

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6,000 - 10,000 EUR

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Description

comprising nine bronze ritual ornaments, a bronze 'rooster' finial, a large bronze anklet, a bronze bowl, a brass beaker and a brass betel-nut cutter (14)

Length of longest 23 cm, 9 in.

Collection of George Sheridan (1923-2008), acquired in Paris, London and New York from the 1960s onwards, and thence by descent; a passion nurtured from his friendship with Professor Samuel Eilenberg (1913-1998), who donated his collection to the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1987.

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