Wholesale Small frog limestone sculpture music

Small Balinese limestone frog sculpture musical instrument. Authentic small local sculpture, picked up in Bali in a large outdoor garden. Surface altered by the elements, natural patina, contains traces of soil, lichens and other natural elements. Frog dimensions: Height: cm; width: cm; Depth: cm; Weight: kg. Stone sculptures occupy an important place in Balinese daily life and spirituality. They are often found in domestic gardens, courtyards or water temples. They are generally carved from a light volcanic limestone that quickly becomes covered with moss and lichens under the tropical climate, an aesthetically sought-after evolution that places the sculpture within a living, organic cycle. Formally, several sculpture typologies are found such as crouching guardians, divine or semi-divine figures, ornamental motifs or elements related to water. Frogs are strongly linked to water, rice paddies and the cycles of rain. In Bali, where the entire agricultural system relies on water management via the subak (irrigation networks), it is a symbol of fertility, abundance and regeneration. It is logically found in gardens, near ponds, or in water-related temples. It is an extension of the living, an echo of the humid, soundscape. It acts as an element of continuity in a Balinese garden where one seeks to maintain a balance between built and natural. Small frogs work perfectly in low, horizontal compositions, close to ponds or thresholds; they create a gentle visual presence without monumentality. This sculpture is part of a set of musical frogs, all different.