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'MIJOA' DOUBLE BIRD FIGURE WITH CROSSED BEAKS

  • Madagascar
  • Sakalava people
  • Late 19th - early 20th century
  • ‘Hazomalany’ wood (faux camphrier)
  • H.102,5 cm
  • External certificates or test reports :

• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. # S00006677, 10th of December 2007).

  • Publications :

• GRUSENMEYER Karim, ‘The Ancestor Transcends – Sculptural Art from Asia and Oceania’ – Tome III, Jan 2008, cat. #  23

• Bertrand Goy, Arts anciens de Madagascar, 5 Continents Editions, Milan 2015, p.264

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A DÔNG SON HEGER I DRUM TOPPED BY FOUR FROGS

  • Continental Southeast Asia (Vietnam)
  • Dông Son culture
  • Pre-classic, late Bronze Age to Iron Age - Dông Son period (5th-2nd century BC)
  • 3rd - 1st century BC
  • Bronze
  • H. 51,5 cm x max Ø 78,4 cm (only tympanum 76 cm)

The Heger I type drum showcases a captivating design featuring a circular band of flying cranes rotating in an anti-clockwise direction around a central star motif. Another band showcases stylized representations of feathermen. The body of the drum exhibits an inward slanting profile, a characteristic commonly found in the Red River delta, which serves as the homeland of the Dong Son culture and its people.

  • Publication :

Karim & Isabelle Grusenmeyer, Damien Woliner, A World of Sculptures, Brussels, 2016

  • External certificates or test reports :

• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. # S00036930, 6th of May 2010). 

• Drawings by Raf De Martelaere

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TIGER RUG

  • Tibet
  • 19th century
  • Sheep’s wool
  • Height 267 cm x Width 84 cm

Made in four separate bands of equal width, this technique is typical among nomadic Tibetans who use portable, small looms. It is noteworthy for its rare use of green as a background colour.

  • Publication :

GRUSENMEYER Karim, The Ancestor Transcends – Sculptural Art from Asia and Oceania, Tome III, jan 2008, cat. # 2

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‘BULL’ JAR

  • Pakistan, Indus Valley
  • Nindowari culture
  • Neolithicum period
  • Late 3rd Millennium BC
  • Slip layered, monochrome painted terracotta
  • H. 48,5 cm

The painted frieze on this burial jar depicts a procession of three sacrificial humped bulls, each tied to a ‘tree of life,’ on a multi-layered plane that is divided into three major spheres: the watery underworld, the earthly world, and the higher spheres of the afterlife. The elongated bodies of the majestic bulls and their centrally placed, staring eyes recall stylistic prototypes from Anatolia, such as Babylonia. The inscription is in a script that has not yet been deciphered.

  • Publication :

Bruneaf catalogue, 2005

  • External certificates or test reports :​

• TL-test performed by Archeolabs (document reference number BH-05-04-01-01-TL). The result gave a date between 2800 and 3800 years, which puts it in the late Nindowari period.

• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. # S00036863, 5th of May 2010).

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BELL WITH A RECURRENT 'DOUBLE-EYE' MOTIF

  • Northwest Cambodia (Phum Snay region?)
  • Battambang culture
  • Late Bronze Age - Iron Age
  • 2nd century BC - 2nd century AD
  • Bronze, terracotta
  • H. 56 cm

At the top-notch of the object, two terracotta elements are present without a clear purpose or explanation. However, the terracotta material itself can be subjected to thermoluminescence testing (TL testing), which provides a date range estimation. Based on such testing, similar bells have been dated to a period spanning from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD.

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CEREMONIAL JAR

  • Central Thailand
  • Lopburi culture
  • Pre-classic, late Bronze Age to Iron Age
  • 1400 - 800 BC
  • Terracotta with burnished surface
  • H. 29,2 x Ø ca 22,5 cm

The pottery is adorned with decorative patterns created through incising and impressing techniques. The design features alternating zones of finely punctuated stamping or rouletting, along with burnishing. These techniques add texture and visual interest to the pottery’s surface, creating a distinctive and visually appealing aesthetic.

  • External certificates or test reports :

• TL-test performed by CIRAM (document ref number R1207-O A-02R-6), resulting in an age of ca 2630 years old.

• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. #S00006670, 10th of December 2007). 

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TYMPANUM OF A PEDJENG DRUM

  • Indonesia
  • Dong Son horizon
  • Pre-classic, late Bronze Age to Iron Age
  • Late 1st Millennium BC - early 1st Millennium AD
  • Bronze
  • Ø 41,5 cm

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