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LOT 2192

Indian Amethyst Perfume Bottle

LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (76 grams, 57 mm).

Polished and carved with a rounded triangular cross-section, displaying a frieze of stylised foliate forms, with a quatrelobed flower head to the domed lid. [No Reserve]

Provenance

London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.

CONDITION

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LOT 2192

Indian Amethyst Perfume Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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