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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A GILT METAL MOUNTED CEREMONIAL
HORSE TRAPPING
LATE QING DYNASTY
the harness comprised of eight rectangular and four square
gilt-metal plaques cast in openwork with dragons, supported
and joined to four thick cotton bands, two extending and oral
embroidered, two joined together and suspending three yellow
silk oral-embroidered pendants, all joined and centered on
a circular gilt metal reticulated plaque with a frontal dragon
resting on an upholstered yellow silk pad
Length of longest 51 in., 129.5 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
㶭㛓ġġġ搚戭挷慹漵䲳䇴楔㒨傠
860
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A PAIR OF BLACK GROUND POLYCHROME
LACQUER CEREMONIAL SADDLES
QING DYNASTY
each painted with an array of owers borne on leafy stems, the
pommel and cantle plates of gilt-metal cast to form confronted
dragons in pursuit of ‘Flaming Pearls’, acrylic stand (4)
Length 20 in., 50.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Charlotte Horstmann and Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong,
1982.
$ 15,000-25,000
㶭ġġġ湹㺮⼑丒剙⋱䲳楔朵ᶨ⮵
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