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LOT 2716
Antique Bone Flask with Engraved Hunting Scene
INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (197 grams, 17.1 cm).
With carved balustered stopper, endplates held with brass pins and suspension ring at the shoulder; body with running guilloche borders, frieze with huntsman wielding spear and shield riding an elephant in a mountainous landscape, standing huntsman with recurved bow in the foreground. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 2716
Antique Bone Flask with Engraved Hunting Scene
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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