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BY HERMANN RATZERSDORFER, CIRCA 1875
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A large Viennese silver-gilt, lapis lazuli, pearl, paste and enamel dragon
By Hermann Ratzersdorfer, Circa 1875
Modelled as a double-headed ostrich, wearing a coronet, the back centred by a hinged oval lid, surmounted by a crouching dragon, his claws on a menacing snake, on a square base with foliage, on a spreading socle, centred to the front by a lizard, on four tortoises
27 in. (69 cm.) high
By Hermann Ratzersdorfer, Circa 1875
Modelled as a double-headed ostrich, wearing a coronet, the back centred by a hinged oval lid, surmounted by a crouching dragon, his claws on a menacing snake, on a square base with foliage, on a spreading socle, centred to the front by a lizard, on four tortoises
27 in. (69 cm.) high
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