Hardwood Carving of a Fisherman Circa 1900

This exceptional Balinese dense hardwood figure is an amazing sculpture, hand carved from a single piece of wood with incredible skill. It is very similar to a good Japanese ivory piece in its carved detail.

The figure depicts a local Bali fisherman working in shallow water. His one foot is below the swirling waterline, whilst the other is raised onto a rock. He is concentrating and drawing in a weighted net with at least two trapped fish. The net is an amazing piece of work cut from the solid, leaving only woven platted cords of the net, each piece only a millimetre in thickness.

The man is semi naked with a fish basket tied to his waist and wearing only a loincloth and a woven hat. The details of his characterful face, hand and feet are outstanding, as are the details of his muscles and ribcage showing through his tense torso.

This fine carving is not to be mistaken for the normal excellent quality carvings from these Indonesian islands.

This piece has been produced by a master carver artist and is superb.

It is in excellent original condition.

Balinese, circa 1900

Height 40cm x width 18cm x depth 12cm

Robert Belcher Antiques was established in 1984 and is a high-quality retailer of interesting, rare antiques and decorative objects. After forty years of shop keeping and maintaining beautiful showrooms, which have been regularly open six days a week, Robert and Wendy have now taken a slightly different approach to their business. Having sold their retail premises, the antique business is now fully online. The picture framing service has ceased to operate because of moving online.

You can contact Robert and Wendy by email or telephone to discuss items from their extensive catalogue of attractive pieces and make purchases. Customers can rest assured that the long-established dealership is continuing to run in an exceedingly professional way, selling genuine and high-quality items which are guaranteed to please the most discerning collector, decorator or homeowner.

All items will be personally hand packaged to a high standard. Small items are extensively wrapped using the best materials and are often double boxed. Items are then shipped with DHL or Royal Mail fully insured and often with next day delivery. Larger items would be personally delivered or sent with a specialist antique delivery firm, or for outside the U.K, a professional shipping company.

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