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LOT 0393
Late Gupta Gold Hair Ring with Makara Mask
INDONESIA, 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.37 grams, 25 mm).
Penannular hair-ring with granulation, formed as an animal mask with crown.
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.12816-241420.
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.
For an Indian example see Balakrishnan, U., Dance of the Peacock, Jewellery Traditions of India, no.96-97; for examples from Java see Miksic, J., Old Javanese Gold; The Hunter Thompson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2011, pls.42-45.
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LOT 0393
Late Gupta Gold Hair Ring with Makara Mask
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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