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Lot 227 - Auction 36

Lot 227

India
Portable bronze chariot - altar. The first part of this ritual artefact is composed of a small cart, on which a richly ... Read more

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Portable bronze chariot - altar. The first part of this ritual artefact is composed of a small cart, on which a richly decorated throne and a canopy are found. The second part of the ritual artefact consist of two carts, on which elephants are placed with figurines wearing turban and jewels that straddle them. The two elephants are finely made and show an extraordinary naturalism; one can clearly see the skin creases that still have some gold of the plating preserved in their inner parts. On the contrary, the two riders are standardized, h. 55 cm INDIA, 18th - 19th century.; ;

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