6th Mar, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A RARE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A DRAGON, TANG DYNASTY
唐代罕見銅鎏金龍
Sold for €18,960
including Buyer's Premium
China, 618-907. Finely cast striding in suspended movement with the right front leg raised with spread claws, showing a fierce expression with the mouth open revealing sharp fangs and a curved tongue, the long sinuous jagged tail towering above the body with an elongated neck of similar shape as the tail.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. J. Potter, US East Coast. A notable Canadian private collection in Toronto, acquired from the above. A copy of a signed appraisal by Dan Klein, Director of the Petit Musée, Montreal, Member of the Appraisal Institute of America, addressed to the present owner, dated February 7, 2001, confirming the dating of this piece and valuing it at USD 11,000, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition commensurate with age. Extensive wear, minor weathering and deterioration, light scratches, few minuscule nicks and dents here and there. Remains of old varnish coating. Areas of fine, natural malachite-green and copper-red patina with expected encrustations.
Weight: 354 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 12.7 cm
Literature comparison: A related gilt bronze dragon was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in 1997 and published in the exhibition catalog, China: 5,000 Years, Innovation and Transformation in the Arts, 1998, on the cover and color plate no. 59.
Auction result comparison: A related gilt bronze dragon was sold by Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art on 20 September 2002, lot 236, for USD 31,070.
唐代罕見銅鎏金龍
中國，618-907。金龍挺胸邁步，右前腿舉起爪子，表現出兇猛的表情，張開的嘴露出尖銳的獠牙和彎曲的舌頭，長長的彎曲尾巴高聳於身體上方，細長的頸部與尾巴。
來源：美國東海岸J. Potter先生收藏。加拿大多倫多著名的私人收藏從上述收藏購得。隨附2001年2月7日出具的美國鑑定學會會員、Petit Musée, Montreal博物館館長Dan Klein寄給藏家的簽字過的鑑定書副本，確認了該金龍的斷代，估價為11,000美元。
品相：狀況與年齡相稱。 廣泛磨損，輕微的風化和變質，輕微的划痕，大面積微小刻痕和凹痕。 原始包漿。
重量：縂354 克
尺寸：高 12.7 厘米
拍賣結果比較：一件相似的銅鎏金龍售于紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2002年9月 20 日，lot 236, 售價 USD 31,070。
China, 618-907. Finely cast striding in suspended movement with the right front leg raised with spread claws, showing a fierce expression with the mouth open revealing sharp fangs and a curved tongue, the long sinuous jagged tail towering above the body with an elongated neck of similar shape as the tail.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. J. Potter, US East Coast. A notable Canadian private collection in Toronto, acquired from the above. A copy of a signed appraisal by Dan Klein, Director of the Petit Musée, Montreal, Member of the Appraisal Institute of America, addressed to the present owner, dated February 7, 2001, confirming the dating of this piece and valuing it at USD 11,000, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition commensurate with age. Extensive wear, minor weathering and deterioration, light scratches, few minuscule nicks and dents here and there. Remains of old varnish coating. Areas of fine, natural malachite-green and copper-red patina with expected encrustations.
Weight: 354 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 12.7 cm
Literature comparison: A related gilt bronze dragon was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in 1997 and published in the exhibition catalog, China: 5,000 Years, Innovation and Transformation in the Arts, 1998, on the cover and color plate no. 59.
Auction result comparison: A related gilt bronze dragon was sold by Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art on 20 September 2002, lot 236, for USD 31,070.
唐代罕見銅鎏金龍
中國，618-907。金龍挺胸邁步，右前腿舉起爪子，表現出兇猛的表情，張開的嘴露出尖銳的獠牙和彎曲的舌頭，長長的彎曲尾巴高聳於身體上方，細長的頸部與尾巴。
來源：美國東海岸J. Potter先生收藏。加拿大多倫多著名的私人收藏從上述收藏購得。隨附2001年2月7日出具的美國鑑定學會會員、Petit Musée, Montreal博物館館長Dan Klein寄給藏家的簽字過的鑑定書副本，確認了該金龍的斷代，估價為11,000美元。
品相：狀況與年齡相稱。 廣泛磨損，輕微的風化和變質，輕微的划痕，大面積微小刻痕和凹痕。 原始包漿。
重量：縂354 克
尺寸：高 12.7 厘米
拍賣結果比較：一件相似的銅鎏金龍售于紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2002年9月 20 日，lot 236, 售價 USD 31,070。
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