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Copper-alloy Betel Nut Supari Box with Ganesh Copper-alloy Betel Nut Supari Box with Ganesh Copper-alloy Betel Nut Supari Box with Ganesh
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LOT 2569

Copper-alloy Betel Nut Supari Box with Ganesh

INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (76 grams, 63 mm long).

Leaf-shaped box divided into three compartments, hinged lid with Ganesh in lotus pose. [No Reserve]

Provenance

An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 2569

Copper-alloy Betel Nut Supari Box with Ganesh

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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