Lot 193
A TAXIDERMY INDIAN LEOPARD HEAD, VAN INGEN & VAN INGEN, MYSORE
DATED 1939
The Line of Beauty: A Collector’s Pursuit
Auction: 01 July 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
with open mouth snarling pose with slight tilt to the left, on a typical large ebonised shield, stamped with ‘Van Ingen Mysore 1939’ below the head heightened in gilt, also stamped to verso of the shield and pencil inscribed number ‘20423’
Dimensions
66cm high, 55cm wide, 36cm out form the wall
Footnote
CITES STATUS: Indian leopard Panthera pardus fusca - CITES Appendix I - Annex A - Article 10 Exempt as a worked specimen in a finished state before 3 March 1947
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