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RARE SOCLE DRAGON EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
Il est formé par deux dragons féroces à cinq griffes entremêlés, au corps
sinueux recouvert d'écailles finement sculptées, tenant chacun la perle sacrée.
Largeur du socle: 23 cm. (9 in.)
€5,000-7,000 US$5,900-8,200
£4,600-6,300
PROVENANCE:
Previously from a French private collection.
Compare to a pair of imperial gilt-bronze entwined dragon crystal balls stands,
dated 17th-18th century, published in Sidney L. Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze
Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, London,1991, no. 15.
Also see three other closely related examples of gilt-bronze dragon stands,
one sold in Sotheby's Paris, 12 December 2013, lot 10 ; one sold in Christie's
Paris, 10 December 2014, lot 124 ; and one from the Collection of the late
French diplomat Georges Dubail (1845-1932), also sold in Christie's Paris,
13 december 2017, lot 76.
A RARE GILT-BRONZE 'DRAGON' STAND
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
清 鎏金銅雙龍趕珠底座
來源:
法國私人舊藏