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LOT 2227

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.

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LOT 2227

Sacred Lama on Tiger Skin Copper-Alloy Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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