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Image after Le Musee Chinois de I’Imperatrice Eugenie, Fontainebleau, 1994, fig.17  Equatorial armillary on a dragon-decorated bronze
                                                                         stand, made by Verbiest for the Kangxi emperor;
                                                                         image after M.Holdsworth and C.Courtauld, Forbidden
                                                                         City: The Great Within, London, 2008, p.43




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           A VERY LARGE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE REPOUSSÉ MODEL
           OF A FIVE-CLAWED DRAGON
           18th/19th century
           The imposing beast with scaly S-shaped body standing upright with
           his two feet clasping two flaming pearls and clouds, with five-clawed
           arms raised, the head set with later stag-horn antlers above bushy
           brows, bulbous eyes, large flaring nostrils and jaws agape revealing
           sharp fangs above the wispy mane.
           103cm (40 1/2in) high (excluding horns).

           £8,000 - 12,000
           CNY71,000 - 110,000

           十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金錘鍱遊立像

           Provenance: Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by repute   The present lot is impressive for its magnificent size and dynamic
           Alice Getty (d.1946), by repute                   modelling. Its size and posture strongly suggest that it would have
           Courtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by repute   been part of a support holding perhaps an astronomical or scientific
           Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by repute   instrument. Compare with a large globe, supported by four dragons,
           Professor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute             Qianlong, illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty,
           Mark Dineley (1901-1975)                          Beijing, 2007, pp.148-149. See also bronze dragons supporting an
           Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent   astronomical instrument illustrated in Forbidden City: The Great Within,
                                                             London, 1995, p.43
           來源:傳Henry Harrison Getty(1838-1919年)舊藏
           傳Alice Getty(卒於1946年)舊藏                           A pair of gilt-bronze seated dragons, each with one paw resting on
           傳Tredegar子爵Courtenay Morgan(1867-1934年)舊藏         a ball, is in Chateau de Fontainebleau and is illustrated in Le Musee
           傳Tredegar子爵二世Evan Morgan(1893-1949年)舊藏            Chinois de I’Imperatrice Eugenie, Fontainebleau, 1994, fig.17. On
           傳Bellerby教授及夫人舊藏                                  display in the Forbidden City are large gilt-bronze dragon placed at hall
           Mark Dineley(1901-1975年)舊藏                        entrances such as the one seen in situ placed in front of Cining Men
           Peter Dineley(1938-2018年)舊藏,並由後人保存迄今              guarding the entrance to Yang Xin Dian (Hall of Mental Cultivation),
                                                             illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City, Beijing, 1985, p.26, fig.16.








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