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LOT 2559

Copper-alloy Preying Hanuman Figure

INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (56 grams, 63 mm).

Standing on a lotus base with his palms pressed together at the chest. [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 2559

Copper-alloy Preying Hanuman Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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