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LOT 2213
Indian Moghul Style Green Stone Bowl
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (315 grams, 15 cm wide).
A carved twelve-fluted green onyx bowl with a slightly flared rim and basal ring. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Ex property of a Canadian family.
Cf. Watt, G., Indian Art at Delhi, 1903, being the Official Catalogue of the Indian Art Exhibition, Delhi,1902-1903, Calcutta, 1903, fig. p.477, nos.3-4, for similar bowls.
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