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Jorai Seated Funerary Figure, Central Highlands, Vietnam
11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
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Jorai Seated Funerary Figure, Central Highlands, Vietnam
moi
Wood
height 29in (73.66cm)
Provenance
Jay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent
Published
Carnegie Institution, Department of Fine Arts, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959, fig. 134
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, 15 October 1959 - 3 January 1960.
According to the Carnegie Institution (Ibid.), this figure was found between Tourane and Qui Nhon.
Carved from dense, hard wood, the artist has carved this figure sitting with the elbows resting on its knees, with each hand supporting the proportionally-large head; heavily worked light brown patina with wear and erosion indicative of significant age.
Wood
height 29in (73.66cm)
Provenance
Jay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent
Published
Carnegie Institution, Department of Fine Arts, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959, fig. 134
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, 15 October 1959 - 3 January 1960.
According to the Carnegie Institution (Ibid.), this figure was found between Tourane and Qui Nhon.
Carved from dense, hard wood, the artist has carved this figure sitting with the elbows resting on its knees, with each hand supporting the proportionally-large head; heavily worked light brown patina with wear and erosion indicative of significant age.














