Lot 331
331
A RARE YAK'S HORN HUQQA BASE
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A RARE YAK'S HORN HUQQA BASE

SKARDO, BALTISTAN, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

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A RARE YAK'S HORN HUQQA BASE
SKARDO, BALTISTAN, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
From the upper Indus valley, with pierced bronze fittings with floral arabesques at top and bottom
7¼in. (18.8cm.) high.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

This huqqa contradicts Mark Zebrowski's assessment that no huqqa made from the horn of the yak has survived. The present example confirms that they were the prototype from which derive steel pieces such as lot 330 in this sale (Zebrowski, op.cit., p.244).

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