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Limestone Ancestral Figure

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 550.00 USD
Limestone Ancestral Figure
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Called "LIKHA" in the Philippines, these Limestone Ancestral burial figures were extremely rare until the 1980s, and are now known from only 3 locations - Batangas (scarce), Panay (rare) and the Cotabato region. Similar sculpting can be found atop the covers of large Limestone Burial Jars - also from the same locations (indicating people movement or interchange of culture a thousand or more years ago). Broken off at the feet somewhere in the finding, this spirit figure is holding an offering cup and seems to be making a speech. 11-1/4" tall plus wooden stand, he dates to about 700-1200AD.