Asian Art / 5000 Years

Asian Art / 5000 Years

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE SHERIDAN (1923-2008)

A group of nineteen bone carvings, Tibet, 15th - 19th century

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6,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

(19)

Height of tallest 16 cm, 6¼ in.

Collection of George Sheridan (1923-2008), acquired in Paris, London and New York from the 1960s onwards, and thence by descent; a passion nurtured from his friendship with Professor Samuel Eilenberg (1913-1998), who donated his collection to the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1987.

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