19thC Balinese Beauty (Wood / Polychromed)

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19th century Balinese Beauty, in adat clothes (slendang and sarong).

Polychrome colored wood carving.

 

Height: 54,5 cm / 21.46 inches.

 

Condition:

Several old "not working" cracks in the wood because of age, and the polychrome color is worn, and gone here and there (here the wood is coming through and shows old patina, which gives this piece of art real character).

 

Additional info:

Similar objects are found in the Dutch museum in Leiden, coll.Nr. 3600-2652  ((or Spat 3068 (OudNr. Breda); H.C. 74/2 (Oudnr. Breda HCK)) and coll.Nr. 6137-3.

And in Museon museum, Invnr. 73.