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LOT 0916

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

WESTERN ASIATIC OPENWORK LION INCENSE BURNER
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (1 kg, 18 cm wide).

Ornamented with a dense series of pierced scrolled vines, stylised face with pricked ears, long nose, almond-shaped eyes; the head hinged.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1970.
Property of a London gentleman.

CONDITION
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