*SC* SUPERB INDONESIAN MAJAPAHIT BRONZE ELEPHANT BELL, C. 12TH. CENT

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SUPERB INDONESIAN MAJAPAHIT BRONZE ELEPHANT BELL, C. 12TH. CENT
A very interesting and rare larger bronze temple Elephant Bell, Indonesia, Central Java, Kadiri Period 929-1222 AD century AD.
The shape is quite peculiar for this Bell, could be architectorial, made to look like a roof of a temple - it has the almost exact shape of a 16th. cent. Italian cabasset helmet.
A large and very attractive bell with a large loop at the top.
Size: ca. 8,5 cm. tall and 8,3 cm. wide. (c. 3,3 x 3,3 inches.)
These large bells are commonly called 'elephant bells', since they are seen in reliefs hanging on both flanks of the elaphant.
Condition: Superb! Wonderful metal and exceptional patina, original gong present!
Reference: See a similar bell with inscription, Jan Fontain 'The Sculpture of Indonesia' 1990, p. 75.
Ex. Old Swedish Collection, formerly in the Ban Bang Yoga Carta collection - an Indonesian professors collection, bought in the 1960s-1970s.
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