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LOT 2415
South East Asian Terracotta Lidded Vessel
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 5/8 in. (85 grams, 91 mm).
Formed as a human bust and torso, the body lozengiform in plan with low-relief bent arms to the obverse, hatched saltire to the reverse, applied sheet-gold detailing to the chest and shoulders; the knop-handled stopper forming the head with sheet-gold diadem and earrings, ushnisha top-knot, brows, and facial features.
Provenance
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK, pre 1999.
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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