{"product_id":"balinese-hand-carved-suar-wood-lovers-sculpture-with-spiral-horns-c-1940-1950","title":"Balinese Hand-Carved Suar Wood Lovers Sculpture with Spiral Horns, c.1940–1950","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomewhere in Bali around 1940–1950, a carver sat down with a block of suar wood and decided that a simple lovers' portrait was not going to be enough. The result is this: a kissing couple whose flowing hair transforms, impossibly, into a pair of double-spiral kudu-like horns that sweep upward nearly half a metre — a feat of structural confidence that would make most modern sculptors nervous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe faces are carved with real sensitivity — two profiles leaning into each other, lips just touching, eyes closed. The man wears a traditional Balinese headband; the woman's hair flows in deeply grooved parallel lines. Below the faces, the composition opens into a naturalistic base of leaves and organic forms, all carved from a single piece of suar (rainbow\/rain tree wood), with its characteristic warm honey-brown grain and subtle darker figuring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horns are the showstopper. Each one spirals in a full double wave — thin enough to be almost translucent at the tips, yet carved from the same solid block. That they have survived 75–85 years intact is either a testament to the carver's skill, the wood's resilience, or very careful previous owners. Probably all three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalinese hand-carved lovers sculpture, c.1940–1950\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuar wood (Albizia\/rain tree), single-piece carving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-spiral horn composition rising from kissing couple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeeply carved hair, traditional headband detail on male figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm honey-brown grain with natural darker figuring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood vintage condition — minor age cracks consistent with tropical hardwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e53 × 13 cm, 700 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBali, Indonesia, c.1940–1950\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWARNING: This sculpture will immediately become the most interesting object in whatever room you put it in. Maison de L'oro accepts no responsibility for subsequent conversations it will start at dinner parties.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison de L'oro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53268339884375,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/4388\/5911\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_cde8efe0-e14e-45fc-ac7e-5c46a22264cb.jpg?v=1774973988","url":"https:\/\/maisondeloro.com\/products\/balinese-hand-carved-suar-wood-lovers-sculpture-with-spiral-horns-c-1940-1950","provider":"Maison de L'oro ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}