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RARE SOCLE DE DRAGON EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911) OU POSTERIEUR
Il est formé par deux dragons féroces à cinq grifes entremêlés, au
corps sinueux recouvert d'écailles fnement sculptées, tenant chacun
la perle sacrée. On y ajoute un bol en émaux cloisonnés à décor de
dragon.
Largeur du socle: 22 cm. (8æ in.) (2)
€6,000-8,000 US$6,700-8,900
£5,200-6,900

PROVENANCE:
Previously from a Danish private collection, given to the previous
owner's great-grandmother as a gift in 1928 in Copenhagen, by
repute.
Compare to a pair of imperial gilt-bronze entwined dragon crystal
balls stands, dated 17th-18th century, published in Sidney L. Moss
Photograph of the previous owner's great-grandmother Ltd., The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, London,1991,
and grandmother in their living room in 1958 showing no. 15.
the dragon stand displayed with the cloisonné bowl.
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) OR LATER
清或更晚 鎏金銅雙龍趕珠座及掐絲琺琅缽 一組兩件
來源：
丹麥哥本哈根私人舊藏，傳原藏家曾祖母于1928年贈予其女。
原藏家曾祖母及祖母客廳合影，茶几上可見本龍座及掐絲琺琅
缽，1958年。
The current lot with the cloisonné bowl.
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