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LOT 2324
Sacred Copper-Alloy Plaque with Hindu God
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (440 grams, 18.5 cm).
A half-round figure of goat-headed figure (Daksha?) in profile, wearing high-platform sandals, with long tail encircling its head.
Provenance
From an important collection of Hindu art formed by Jeffrey Romer, 1990s.
Ex central London, UK, gallery.
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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LOT 2324
Sacred Copper-Alloy Plaque with Hindu God
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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