8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
656
A CARVED WOOD PROW FROM A KERALAN CANOE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY
of tapered scrolling form, the sides and inward face with abstract designs carved on low relief, 77 x 84 x 15cm
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Gordon Reece Gallery, London, 4 May 1999 (a copy of the annotated gallery label is included with this lot).
Prows like this were once a common sight on the canoes which plied the backwaters of Kerala. Because of the shape, they were known as iruttukkutti vallam in Malayalam, meaning serpent canoes. For a complete serpent canoe, formerly in the Stanley Seeger and previously David Sylvester collections, see Sotheby's London, 30 October 2018 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/seeger-cone-collection-l18320/lot.191.html?locale=en).
Sold for £900
of tapered scrolling form, the sides and inward face with abstract designs carved on low relief, 77 x 84 x 15cm
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Gordon Reece Gallery, London, 4 May 1999 (a copy of the annotated gallery label is included with this lot).
Prows like this were once a common sight on the canoes which plied the backwaters of Kerala. Because of the shape, they were known as iruttukkutti vallam in Malayalam, meaning serpent canoes. For a complete serpent canoe, formerly in the Stanley Seeger and previously David Sylvester collections, see Sotheby's London, 30 October 2018 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/seeger-cone-collection-l18320/lot.191.html?locale=en).
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
