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LOT 2501
Copper-alloy Preying Hanuman Figure
INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (40 grams, 52 mm).
The divine vanara depicted standing on a low pedestal with his palms held together. [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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