The wealth of material brought back to Britain from the days of the East India Company was illustrated at John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale when four Indo-Portuguese or Anglo-Indian tortoiseshell and ivory works were consigned by different vendors.
Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Terence Ryle
They were all re-exported to international buyers at the Haslemere rooms on February 20.
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