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A GILT COPPER-ALLOY AND SILK SADDLE AND BRIDLE A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DISHES
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY 17th century
The saddle with gilt damascened metalwork adorned with intricate Each finely decorated in red, yellow, blue, green and white enamels
designs of dragons chasing precious jewels amidst a profusion of on a turquoise ground, the centre with two exotic birds on gnarled
scrollwork and leafy vines, all interspersed with turquoise and other rockwork amidst flowering trees and plants of the four seasons
semi-precious stones, the silk brocade red-ground saddle cover including peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and prunus, the shallow sides
decorated with dragon roundels, the leather reins and trappings with floral panels enclosed by everted rims, all raised on a short foot.
similarly decorated with gilt copper-alloy plaques depicting striding Each 23.5cm (9 1/4in) diam. (2).
dragons.
The saddle, 48cm (18 7/8in) wide. £3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花鳥紋盤一對

十九世紀 鍍金鏤龍紋馬鞍及馬轡一組 Compare with an almost identical cloisonné enamel dish with the
same motif of birds and rockwork, first half 17th century, illustrated by
The presence of a red yak-hair tassel (snying dom) on the bridle of H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection,
the present lot indicates that this set once belonged to a government New York and London, 1989, no.130. Another cloisonné enamel dish
official. Compare with a related Tibetan saddle, 18th/19th century, in of the same type, was illustrated by E.Bluett, ‘Chinese Cloisonné in the
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in Warriors of Krolik Collection’, Oriental Art, vol.XI, no.4, Winter 1965, p.223, fig.8.
the Himalayas, New Haven and London, 2006, no.116. See another
related saddle, 19th/20th century, illustrated in Ibid., no.124.

See a related copper alloy repoussé saddle with associated stirrups
and bridle, Tibet, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Bonhams New
York, 19 March 2019, lot 942.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.