Peter Rees
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Lot 61
Romualdo Locatelli(Italian, 1905-1943)Portrait of a man in a songkok tinggi
28 September 2016, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Romualdo Locatelli (Italian, 1905-1943)
Portrait of a man in a songkok tinggi
signed 'R Locatelli' (lower left)
oil on canvas
99.5 x 70cm (39 3/16 x 27 9/16in).
signed 'R Locatelli' (lower left)
oil on canvas
99.5 x 70cm (39 3/16 x 27 9/16in).
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Provenance
The artist's studio
Private collection, Bergamo
Acquired directly from the above by the family of the present owner in the late 1950s
Private collection, Italy
The sitter wears a songkok tinggi hat, a taller version of the regular songkok, which was adapted from the fez and worn by the Ottomans from the 1830s. The songkok subsequently spread throughout southeast Asia, worn largely by the Muslim ulama - important scholars or authorities in Islam, such as Imams, clerics and judges. Today, songkok hats are still worn in Malaysia and Indonesia, by both Muslims and secular nationalists alike.
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