South East Asian Stone Funerary Idol

4TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER

4 3/4 in. (460 grams, 11.8 cm).

A rhyolite funerary idol with bulbous head and body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal band; traces of red pigment. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a South East Asia collector; formerly acquired on the Asian art market before 2000.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

See the Gloman Meritt private collection of ancient artefacts from the Philippines for a similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 2262