Timed | forms of fertility: the phallus collection | lot 4000 - 4160

A wooden anthropomorphic chair with phallic-shaped drum, Kalanguya (Ifugao), Philippines Was used during the ceremonies of the Canao Festivities.

The Hindu Middle Kingdom of Java (c. 8th–15th century) had a rich written culture that was strongly influenced by Indian traditions. With carved texts in Old Kawi script.

A carved stone lingam, Khmer, Cambodia, 8thC

In an embroidered case.

An exceptional carved wooden panel of a Sadhu with an erection, Tamil Nadu, India, 19thC This wooden panel was used in a processional chariot in Tamil Nadu. The two Sadhus wear a Chignon, the kamandalu, a symbol of asceticism, on their heads. The Sadhu on the left has his hands folded in prayer. In Tantrism, these positions are called Sadhana (spiritual practices) and are used, among other things, to allow semen to flow back to the highest chakra, at the top of the skull. In Tantrism, retaining semen and delaying ejaculation is a central spiritual practice.... lees meer

Several pieces are decorated with the snake Naga and the phallic symbol Linga.

1. Ancestor statue with phallus – from Leti 2. Very old wajang kuliut puppet with moving phallus, Java 3. Two fertility dolls from Lombok 4. Two erotic Meumedi puppets from Bali

A Japanese Shunga woodblock print with female genitalia, on Washi paper Frontispiece of '36 Excellent Selections of Beautiful Gems' (1857).