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A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE 'DRAGON' BALUSTER VASES,CHINA, QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY (2)
Provenance: from a French private property
86 cm high
86 cm high
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200
Each with two confronted Buddhist lions cub handles and chilong relief on the shoulder, decorated, on a turquoise ground, with a big dragon facing a tiger between rocks, pines and flowers. Below lappets and on the end of the neck a continuous ruyi band. On the lobed rim a decoration of four bats and Buddhist Emblems. One vase in good conditions, the other broken in part of the body but with its own pieces re stuck.
LOTS
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SEVEN SNUFF BOTTLES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY (7)
SEVEN SNUFF BOTTLES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY (7)
ESTIMATE € 1.400 - 1.600
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A BRONZE 'FATHER-MOTHER' FIGURE OF GARUDA AND A FEMALE DEITY WITH MANDORLA, 19TH CENTURY
A BRONZE 'FATHER-MOTHER' FIGURE OF GARUDA AND A FEMALE DEITY WITH MANDORLA, 19TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 700 - 1.200