Burmese doll figure of a Priest, C20th
£45.00
LOT NUMBER 37
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LOT NUMBER 37
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) |
| Price: | £45 |
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