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A horn powder flask in the form of a makara, India, late 18th century

Lot Closed

October 27, 01:28 PM GMT

Estimate

200 - 300 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with horn body of rounded form, the neck inlaid with a pattern of alternating lac and bone dots, the wood terminal carved in the form of a makara head with bone-inlaid eyes


18.5cm. diam.

On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.