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LOT 1920
Tibetan Style Gilt Bronze Ritual Dagger
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 5/8 in. (585 grams, 27 cm).
With three radiating crowned heads, horse-head finial, scooped blade below. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Italian gentleman living in Essex.
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