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LOT 2585
Copper-alloy Durga with Sceptre and Club
INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (73 grams, 64 mm).
The goddess depicted standing and holding a weapon in each arm. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAn 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.
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Fine condition.
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