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Location: Italy
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I found this handle in the net (asian art museum San Francisco)
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A masterwork of carving, love the uwer from the same material (ivory).
Thank you for show us this beauty Marco. |
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Incredible detail. Truly deserves to be called a work of art!
Do you know whom is portrayed? |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Wow...
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Well I do know it is a demon for sure. What I am not sure is which one. I am wondering if it is Ravana, king of the demons from the Ramayana.
Is he holding a weapon of some kind? |
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Wisnu in his incarnation as Kresna had a conch shell as a weapon --- Si Sangka Panacajaniya --- he had taken this conch shell from a demon, maybe this is supposed to be this demon, but I don't know his name.
It is worth noting that in Balinese representations of Hindu characters --- gods, demons etc --- the carver very often gives his own interpretation and sometimes gets things a bit mixed up. Particularly so in relatively modern carvings. |
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