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LOT 2486

Copper-Alloy Lidded Container

MOGHUL INDIA, CIRCA LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (44 grams, 49 mm).

The body with a circumferential band of tendrils, domed lid with a lotus flower handle. [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 2486

Copper-Alloy Lidded Container

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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