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LOT 2186
Large Copper Bowl with Script
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 in. (1.67 kg, 33 cm wide).
With repeating script and geometric bands to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.
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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