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LOT 2482
Copper-alloy Preying Hanuman Figure
INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (74 grams, 65 mm).
Standing on a discoid base, his long tail curving above 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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