Asian Art II - 28th July 2021
Lot 660
A THAI GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE GONG AND A TIBETAN POLYCHROME WOOD DAMARU
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £420
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Description
A THAI GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE GONG AND A TIBETAN POLYCHROME WOOD DAMARU
19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The gong decorated with a deity wearing an elaborate crown and body jewellery, he holds a raised boss painted with a hare, with swirling clouds around him, the scene surrounded by stylised scrolls, all suspending from leather ties, the ritual drum painted with cartouches depicting animals feasting on human corpses, the panels divided by skulls and human faces, with an inscription to the interior, 31.5cm and 19.2cm, the gong 1.6kg. (2)
Cf. J Jeldres & B Dayde-Latham, Le Palais du Roi du Cambodge, p.25 for a comparable gong in the throne room of Cambodia's National Palace.