Singa Bersayap 3 Figurative low relief and will catch no more

and will catch no more

painter and reclusive whose style and imagery was favoured by many Ming painters

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They are separated by small pale blue 19th or early 20th-century European glass hexagonal bicones and gold-plated silver beads from Sulawesi

The engraving on the bamboo is of the finest detail

Singa Bersayap 3 Figurative low relief and will catch no moreThis is a traditional Balinese singa. The singa's role in Balinese spiritual life is as an opponent of evil and protector of the good. From central Bali the area around Klungkung. You can read more about the singa on my Musings. It is quite old, 50 plus years. The body is painted dark red, the floral decoration on its wings is green. it would have had gold decorations around the mouth and on the wings, but this was gold paint not gold leaf and the