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LOT 1998

Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Calligraphic Incense Orb

20TH CENTURY A.D.

5 1/8 in. (604 grams, 13 cm).

Hinged construction, openwork medallions showing a meditating figure sitting cross-legged with his arms raised, the circumferential bands separated by human-headed calligraphy panels, engraved geometric and calligraphy covering the surfaces. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 1998

Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Calligraphic Incense Orb

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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