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LOT 2499
Copper-alloy Hanuman Figure with Two Tails
INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (118 grams, 87 mm).
Depicted in a dynamic pose with his right arm raised and holding a dagger in his left hand, one tail erect and curving behind his head, the other supporting the weight of the body. [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.
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