POSSIBLY BATUAN, BALI, mid 20th century

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
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ARJUNAWIWAHA, IDER-IDER

POSSIBLY BATUAN, BALI, mid 20th century

pigment on European cotton cloth

28.0 x 208.0 cm

Estimate: 
$1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,920 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney
Catalogue text

The scenes depicted on this cloth begin with the (invisible) Arjuna overseeing Suprabha's seduction of Niwatakawaca, followed by Arjuna shooting Niwatakawaca and his marriage to the nymphs. This is another finely executed example of the classical style of painting from outside Kamasan.