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LOT 0468

Massive Indo-Gangetic Anthropomorphic Copper Idol

UTTAR PRADESH, NORTHERN INDIA, MID-2ND MILLENNIUM BC

22" (7.75 kg, 55.5cm including stand).

A very large flat-section copper figure with curled arms, spread legs, lobed head; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From a Belgium private art collection, acquired 1969.

Literature

See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985, pl.II, no.239 for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0468

Massive Indo-Gangetic Anthropomorphic Copper Idol

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,000

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