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LOT 2383

Sacred Lama on Tiger Skin Copper-alloy Pendant

TIBET, CIRCA LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (88 grams, 94 mm).

Round disc with a suspension loop above, showing a lama in a meditating pose on a tiger-skin, tea pot to his side, flanked by two attendants. [No Reserve]

Provenance

An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2383

Sacred Lama on Tiger Skin Copper-alloy Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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