Live Auction, 18 November 2019

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R 45 520
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A pair of Burmese silver-mounted ivory elephant tusks, 20th century
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R 30 000 - 40 000
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R 45 520

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A pair of Burmese silver-mounted ivory elephant tusks, 20th century


each set into the back of a kneeling Burmese elephant, the tusks supporting a temple gong, raised on a rectangular-shaped wavy base, with associated mallet, restorations, the silver apparently unmarked, 95 by 183cm

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