Details
A pair of Japanese bronze sectional tripod koros
and pierced covers with recumbent kylin finials, the ovoid bodies with twin scrolling lug handles, decorated in relief with stylised dragons, the legs surmounted by mythical beast masks -- 14in. (35.6cm) high; and a Chinese bronze model of a recumbent buffalo with head down to the left -- 4in. (10.8cm) long, all 19th Century. (3)
and pierced covers with recumbent kylin finials, the ovoid bodies with twin scrolling lug handles, decorated in relief with stylised dragons, the legs surmounted by mythical beast masks -- 14in. (35.6cm) high; and a Chinese bronze model of a recumbent buffalo with head down to the left -- 4in. (10.8cm) long, all 19th Century. (3)
Provenance
Formerly the property of Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston