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LOT 1389
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 5/8 in. (124 grams, 93 mm).
Modelled in the round in tight-fitting robe gathered at the waist; the hair piled at the back of the head, with large earrings and collar, holding a ladle in the left hand; socket to underside and top of head.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1389
Vijayanagara Bronze Statue of a Seated Fertility Figure
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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