Lot 132

In good condition, dust in crevices and lower sections of relief, one section replaced possibly original to making, section missing from one of the legs, smaller piece of moulding missing from another leg.


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It was not uncommon for Indian craftsmen to use Chinese decoration to appeal to the local market for Tibetan antiques. For a similar example in the Victora & Albert Museum, London, see "Furniture from British India and Ceylon" by Amin Jaffer, page 301.