"Weeper" Mortuary Figure
Jorai, Central Highlands, Vietnam
Wood
Probably early 20th Century
From an Australian Collection
35.5 in/89 cm
SOLD
With classic archaic pose, this figure captures all the brooding sadness of a funerary mourner, a powerful expression achieved with the most minimal of contrivance. Such figures would line the fence enclosing a sacred burial ground in the Vietnam Highlands.