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LOT 2533

Copper-alloy Sacred Linga Cover

MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (44 grams, 43 mm).

Cylindrical body with a domed top, stylised moustachioed face to one side. [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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LOT 2533

Copper-alloy Sacred Linga Cover

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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