KAMASAN, BALI, 1930s
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BIMA SWARGA, IDER-IDER
KAMASAN, BALI, 1930s
pigment on European cotton cloth
18.0 x 206.0 cm
Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,920 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney
Catalogue text
This cloth depicts scenes from the Mahabharata relating the journey of Bima to the afterlife to rescue the souls of his father Pandu and stepmother Madri. Bima is accompanied by his two servants and witnesses the punishments meted out to human souls, including people being struck with steel blades(kris) falling from a tree.