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Lot 174
An Indonesian Bronze Lantaka, And A Portrait Of A Gentleman19th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Indonesian Bronze Lantaka, And A Portrait Of A Gentleman
19th Century
19th Century
The first of characteristic form, in two stages flaring towards the monster-head muzzle with wide-open mouth, foliate ears and crest, the last forming a fore-sight, petalled, turned and moulded medial band, the reinforce with vacant bevelled plaque with clipped-in corners, raised touch-hole between the back-sight, turned and moulded tubular cascabel, plain trunnions, and peg-mount: on painted wooden plinth of octagonal section; together with a portrait of a gentleman, thought to be Captain James Shepley Shepley, English School, oil on canvas, unframed (2)
The first 136 cm. barrel, The second 91 cm. x 72 cm.
The first 136 cm. barrel, The second 91 cm. x 72 cm.
Footnotes
Believed to have been captured by Captain Shepley Shepley from a ship at the time of the Boxer Uprising in 1900








