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Rick · 24th June 2005, 04:16 PM

Well , I think I have said about all that I can on this subject .

In parting I do have a comment on this link :
http://www.symbiosys.nl/wink/E_noframes.html

I strongly believe that the Balinese Ganesha carvings offered here and at other sites such as Novica have been carved to accomodate Western tastes and as such are a departure from traditional Balinese carving .

Jens Nordlunde · 24th June 2005, 04:45 PM

Rick, I am out too, but I have a last comment. You may be right about the Balinese carving tradition on these figures, but what I was more interested in was the iconography, not the carving technique.

Rick · 24th June 2005, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Rick, I am out too, but I have a last comment. You may be right about the Balinese carving tradition on these figures, but what I was more interested in was the iconography, not the carving technique.

I guess we may be on the same page here Jens but I am not quite positive .
The figures in the links presented lack the typical Balinese embellishments as are seen on the keris handles we have discussed ; so I see them as not really Balinese in nature .

Ian · 29th June 2005, 04:27 PM

Recently finished on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7332028583

Seems to be a somewhat more conventional representation with respect to the trunk, although the hand postures are atypical. This one does not strike me as being very old.

Ian.

24th June 2005, 04:16 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	Well , I think I have said about all that I can on this subject . In parting I do have a comment on this link : http://www.symbiosys.nl/wink/E_noframes.html I strongly believe that the Balinese Ganesha carvings offered here and at other sites such as Novica have been carved to accomodate Western tastes and as such are a departure from traditional Balinese carving .

24th June 2005, 04:45 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Rick, I am out too, but I have a last comment. You may be right about the Balinese carving tradition on these figures, but what I was more interested in was the iconography, not the carving technique.

29th June 2005, 04:27 PM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,449	Recently finished on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7332028583 Seems to be a somewhat more conventional representation with respect to the trunk, although the hand postures are atypical. This one does not strike me as being very old. Ian.