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Bonhams reminds us in its press release: Tipu Sahib said that he preferred to live one day as a tiger than a lifetime as a sheep. Nicknamed the Tiger of Mysore, the Sultan was one of the main protagonists in the fight against the British in India, during the wars of colonization. During a routine valuation, Bonhams found in England a corner ornament of the throne of the Sultan. It is a stylized…