Burmese doll figure of a Priest, C20th
| Current Bid: | £22.00 |
| Bid Increment: | £2.00 |
| Next Min Bid: | £24.00 |
| Buyer’s Premium: | £5.28 |
| Total Amount: | £27.28 |
| Number of Bids: | 4 |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Highest Bidder: | User 1355 |
| Auction Start: | 26/08/24 18:18:00 UTC |
| Auction Ending: | 09/09/24 19:26:00 UTC |
| Auction Finished : | 09/09/24 19:26:01 UTC |
LOT NUMBER 14
Burmese doll figure of a Priest, C20th
This is a very curious piece indeed. The figure represented by the doll is clearly a man from the depiction of the face with its broad moustache; his hair is swept back and the forehead painted with three red lines which most likely have a ritual or religious significance suggesting that we have a priestly figure here. His torso and arms are closely bound in gold and blue fabric strips and below is a billowing pink robe with gilt thread decoration, now somewhat worn, but the truncated profile is strange. If there is a religious element perhaps the doll had some ritual function; it certainly has the appearance of one. The treatment of the face suggests Burma and there is clearly some age here, perhaps a dating to the mid or even early twentieth century but there do not seem to be any close parallels. One for a specialist collector perhaps and certainly someone with more knowledge than the puzzled cataloguer!| Size: | 24 x 9 cm |
| Weight: | 65 grams |
| Date: | C20th |
| Condition: | Fair condition, losses to the painted decoration of the face, fraying to the gilt threads, traces of paint on the robe at the back (see images) |
| Estimate: | £30 – 40 |
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