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LOT 2495
Copper-alloy Shiva Mukhalinga
KARNATAKA, INDIA, CIRCA 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (303 grams, 82 mm).
With elongated neck and stylised facial features, lingam necklace suspended around the neck, pierced ears. [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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