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THBRare 18th C. Java Iron & Gilt Copper Snake Belt Buckle
Lot 71
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Java, Surakarta, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. This is a beautiful iron and gilt copper belt buckle and fitting, shaped as intertwining serpents known as a Timang ular-ular (ular is snake, and timang is buckle). The gilt copper inlay is known as suasa, a popular type of metalwork in Indonesia, and it adds a lovely warm shimmer, highlighting the accent shapes and eyes of the snakes. The buckles are elongated with two entwined snaked forming the frame, their tails wrapped around the neck of the other, and a central bar with an articulating prong is also formed from two serpents. The fitting for the belt strap has the same snake ornamentation and a thick flat panel that has a faint Javanese inscription on the verso. These handsome belt buckles were worn in the courts of Surakarta as signs of wealth and prosperity. Size (buckle): 2.75" L x 2.75" W (7 cm x 7 cm); (belt fitting): 2.5" L x 1.5" W (6.4 cm x 3.8 cm)
The intertwining snake was a popular symbol of fertility and were associated with the goddess Dewi Sri (Nyi Pohaci), who represented prosperity, including agricultural success. The rice paddy snake symbolized both the goddess and the rice fields she watched over. Snakes were revered and treated with respect, so much so, that if one slithered into a house the human inhabitants often regarded the snake as a guest and herald of a good harvest.
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2019 or 2020; ex-River Street Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine, USA
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#164480Intact and very good. Losses and chips to gilt copper inlays on buckle frame and heads of snakes on the fitting and within the inscription. Prong articulates. Russet patina and toning on both pieces.Condition
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