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LOT 2099
South Indian Bronze Tribal Figures
18TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
10 5/8 - 10 7/8 in. (1.55 kg total, 27-27.5 cm high including stand).
A male and female pair modelled standing facing, wearing jewel-studded arm bangles, earrings, pendants and skin-tight trousers, the man holding a sword and small round shield, the woman breastfeeding an infant; each mounted on a custom-made display base. [2]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s.
Ex Italian collection.
Ex London gallery stock.
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