Material: Paper
Style: Burma
Size:  Length 38.5 cm, Width 26.5 cm
Order Number: MHSTABAS1

Artists’ sketchbook not completely full.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 83 cm, Width 184 cm
Order Number: MHSAKP1

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

20 th century.

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 63 cm
Order Number: MHSKC1

This is a Balinese calendar. The cloth is painted with a grid in the style of Kamasan paintings. The compartments contain images of the gods, spirits, animals and symbols which represent various human characteristics.

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 63 cm
Order Number: MHSKC2

This is a Balinese calendar. The cloth is painted with a grid in the style of Kamasan paintings. The compartments contain images of the gods, spirits, animals and symbols which represent various human characteristics.

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 64 cm
Order Number: MHSKC3

This is a Balinese calendar. The cloth is painted with a grid in the style of Kamasan paintings. The compartments contain images of the gods, spirits, animals and symbols which represent various human characteristics.

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 64 cm
Order Number: MHSKC4

This is a Balinese calendar. The cloth is painted with a grid in the style of Kamasan paintings. The compartments contain images of the gods, spirits, animals and symbols which represent various human characteristics.

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 34 cm

Order Number: KPAINT1

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height  cm, Width  cm

Order Number: MHSKPAINT2

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 34 cm

Order Number: KPAINT2

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 34 cm

Order Number: KPAINT3

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 34 cm

Order Number: KPAINT4

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 34 cm

Order Number: KPAINT5

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 44 cm, Width 62 cm

Order Number: KPAINT6

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 62 cm, Width 44 cm

Order Number: KPAINT7

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height 62 cm, Width 44 cm

Order Number: KPAINT8

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Material: Canvas, natural dyes
Style: Bali
Size: Height  cm, Width  cm

Order Number: MHSKPAINT1

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Kamasan Paintings

The village of Kamasan in the kingdom of Klungkung in east Bali became the centre for traditional Balinese painting. Originally, the Kamasan artists served the kings of Gelgel from the 16th century. Kamasan is only about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from Gelgel, where the court reigned during Bali’s golden age.

The unique wayang style of painting was Bali’s only form of pictorial representation until the 20th century when the Western artists arrived in central Bali and influenced artists to paint realistic scenes of everyday life. Both styles still exist.

Subject-matter

The subject-matter tends to come from the Ramayana and Mahabarata epic stories, frequently battle scenes and especially the story of Rama, Sita and Rawana. They are like picture books, which are read and examined closely, and no part of the ‘canvas’ is left empty. There are gods, demons, birds, flames, bushes, trees and mythical animals.

Sometimes there is writing on the paintings. Time is shown by depicting the same characters at different stages in the story. They can be several metres long and half a metre wide.

The Language of Paintings

Animal heads are usually shown in profile and humans in three-quarters view. Shoulders and chest face the spectator, and legs and feet are pictured from the side, one behind the other as if walking. Noble characters have long thin arms and legs, delicate hands with curved fingers, narrow straight noses and smiling mouths. Coarse characters have large nostrils. Gestures show emotions.

Noble male eyes have the top part of the eye curved and the bottom part a straight line. For females, it is the reverse. The female eye appears demure and shy and very feminine. Demons’ eyes and noses are at a three-quarter angle but the mouth is in profile. Eyebrows are arched for the refined and touch at the top of the nose. The unrefined have two small lines for wrinkles. Demons’ eyebrows end in fangs.

Refined lips are thin and graceful with white, straight teeth. Coarse characters and animals have large mouths and pointed teeth. Demons have fangs. Refined males do not have beards. Moustaches indicate virility and strength. Coarse characters have hair sprouting from their faces. Animals and demons are hairy.

The right hand is active, the unclean left is still. Jewelry indicates rank. The gods and nobles wear bangles and bracelets on their arms and ankles and their costumes are decorated with flowers.

Note the tear-drop filler motifs, the trees which indicate and divide people in conversation, the stylized brown rocks at the bottom of the painting, and the lack of background and perspective.

The border ressembles a carved wooden frame next to an inner red stripe. These are all characteristic of traditional Kamasan style.

Colour

Colour indicates character: the faces of gods and refined alus humans are light brown or beige, while rough kasar characters are brown and red. Size matters. The most powerful, oldest and highest in rank are also the biggest.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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