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LOT 0388
Indian Gold Bazu Bands
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (8 5/8 in.) (23.3 grams total, panel: 43 mm each, 22 cm long).
Matched pair, each a curved lenticular plate with cells to the obverse, articulated ends with attachment cord and tassels, repoussé foliage to the underside. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12804-241425.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. for other Indian Bazu bands of the same type, Khalid, K., ‘Gems and Jewels of India, socio-political study within Historical context’ in JRSP, Vol. 52, No. 1, January-June, 2015, pp.38-39,42, and fig.10.
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