Offering Tray (Talam)

anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1500

In Indonesia, bronze objects were often used during rituals. This offering tray held ceremonial objects, such as a vajra (thunderbolt), bells, and mirrors as well as offerings, for example flowers and fruit. The two stylized figures and the bull embody supernatural qualities. The design is embellished with birds and other animals in the borders.

  • Artwork typeoffering tray, talam
  • Object numberAK-MAK-387
  • Dimensionsdiameter 40.6 cm x height 3 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Tray (Talam)
    • Offering Tray (Talam)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-387

  • Description

    Talam, offerblad, brons, in midden versierd met een stier waaronder een rand met verschillende dieren.

Creation

  • Creation

    bronze caster: anonymous, Oost-Java

  • Dating

    c. 1300 - c. 1500

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 40.6 cm x height 3 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase C.M.A. Groenevelt, 1934)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from C.M.A. Groenevelt, fl. 140, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1934;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Stutterheim, Oost-Javaanse talam in collectie Nangkoenegoro VII, Djawa 1937, p. 37, fig. 30.

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