A MASSIVE AND RARE EAST JAVANESE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A BOAR, MAJAPAHIT East Java, 15th-16th century. Standing foursquare and wearing a collar incised with geometric motifs and suspending a large spherical bell, the face with a wrinkled snout, upward curving tusks, bushy eyebrows, and large bulging eyes, the spiral tail in relief over the right rear haunch. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 20 March 1997, lot 139. Estates of William R. Appleby (1915-2007) and Elinor Appleby (1920-2020), longtime donors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Mrs. Appleby had a particular interest in Asian art, and she and her husband supported the Department of Asian Art as well as the Fund for The Met, providing for important acquisitions and institutional initiatives. The original Sotheby’s receipt, the catalog page, and a large photograph of the boar on Kodak paper, originally sent by Sotheby’s to the Applebys, accompany this lot. Condition: Superb condition with old wear, minimal structural cracks, some chipping to the hoofs, light scratches. Weight: 14.9 kg Dimensions: Length 53.5 cm Literature comparison: Compare with a related but smaller boar in bronze in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.259.