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LOT 1442
Tibetan Wooden Bread Stamp with Yak and Inscription
19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (390 grams, 15.1 cm wide).
Trapezoidal in plan with a thick wedge-shaped handle; image of a zebu with idiograms above. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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