12th Mar, 2026 10:30
Spring Specialist Sale
Javanese Majapahit Kingdom terracotta 'wild boar' money bank, East Java circa 14th-16th century
Javanese Majapahit Kingdom terracotta 'wild boar' (celengan) money bank, East Java, circa 14th-16th century, modelled standing foursquare and wearing a chain link collar suspending a large spherical crotal bell, the face with bushy triangular eyebrows and wrinkled snout, upward curving tusks, bushy eyebrows, and large bulging eyes, the sinuous tail in relief over the right rear haunch and above money aperture, 27.5cm long x 19cm high
Purchased in Singapore by the current owner, and exported with documentation.
For other examples of this rare model, see:
Duke's of Dorchester, 22nd May 2015 lot 428 (example rebuilt)
Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 5th March 2021 lot 721 (larger example, ex Sotheby's 20th March 1997 lot 139).
Javanese Majapahit Kingdom terracotta 'wild boar' (celengan) money bank, East Java, circa 14th-16th century, modelled standing foursquare and wearing a chain link collar suspending a large spherical crotal bell, the face with bushy triangular eyebrows and wrinkled snout, upward curving tusks, bushy eyebrows, and large bulging eyes, the sinuous tail in relief over the right rear haunch and above money aperture, 27.5cm long x 19cm high
Purchased in Singapore by the current owner, and exported with documentation.
For other examples of this rare model, see:
Duke's of Dorchester, 22nd May 2015 lot 428 (example rebuilt)
Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 5th March 2021 lot 721 (larger example, ex Sotheby's 20th March 1997 lot 139).
Auction: Spring Specialist Sale, 12th Mar, 2026
Our Spring Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors items.
Highlights will include: a Rare 'Black Forest' carved and stained wood hall chair in the form of a bear; a Fred, Paris - 18k white gold bracelet watch; an original Charles Haigh Wood, (1856-1927) - Oil on canvas - 'Private and Confidential'; and a fine selection of jewellery.
Viewing
Wednesday 11th March - 10am till 5pm
