Lot 179
  • 179

India

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Carved Ivory Tusk
  • elephant ivory
  • 10.5cm., 4 1/8 in.
carved with foliate motifs

Exhibited

London, Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, 2015

Literature

Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, exh. cat. London, 2015, no. 20.

Condition

In good condition, delicate carving, some dirt encrustation near crevices of carving, extremities with minor abrasion, as viewed.
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