File:Head tiger BM OA10617.jpg
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Summary
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English: Head of a tiger, possibly a boss from the arms of a throne: said to have been taken from the throne of Tippu, Sultan of Mysore, at the storming of Seringapatam in 1799.
Français : Tête de tigre, peut-être un bossage sur les bras d'un trône : aurait été arraché du trône de Tippu, sultan de Mysore, lors de la prise de Seringapatam en 1799. |
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| Date | 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | agate and glass | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Department of Middle East, room 34, case 42 |
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| Accession number |
1945 10-17 259 |
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| Object history |
place of creation: India collection of Sir Walter Townley |
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| Attribution (required by the license) | © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
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