
A TERRACOTTA BOAR-SHAPED MONEY BOX INDONESIA, EASTERN JAVA, MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM, 15TH CENTURY 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) high; 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) long Footnotes: 印度尼西亞 東爪哇 滿者伯夷 十五世紀 豬形儲幣陶罐 Provenance Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, London, 2001 Private Connecticut Collection This terracotta pig, with its rounded contours, compact stance, and expressive facial modeling, reflects the popular Majapahit practice of shaping saving vessels as pigs. The narrow slot on the back identifies its original use as a coin bank, an object linked to ideas of good fortune and household prosperity. Its form and reddish surface closely relate to an example in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (EA1997.5). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
































