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LOT 2425
Tibetan Wooden Saddle
19TH CENTURY A.D.
20 in. (4.75 kg, 51 cm long).
Carved wooden saddle with high pommel; applied iron frame to the cantle and pommel, carved detailing to the plates and palmette to the rounded frontal face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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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