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A PAIR OF GLAZED POTTERY ROOF TILES MODELLED AS DRAGONS
MING DYNASTY
THE FOUR-CLAW BEASTS IN PROFILE WRITHING FEROCIOUSLY ON RECTANGULAR PLATFORMS, THEIR GAPING MOUTHS BARING TEETH AND PROTRUDING TONGUES, PIERCED AND MOULDED WITH LARGE SCALES, LEAF FONDS AND SCROLLING CLOUD MOTIFS, GLAZED WITH GREEN, YELLOW, BROWN AND STRAW SPLASHES -- 27IN. (69CMS) LONG, (FIRING CRACKS, SOME CHIPPING).
SEE ILLUSTRATION. (2)
MING DYNASTY
THE FOUR-CLAW BEASTS IN PROFILE WRITHING FEROCIOUSLY ON RECTANGULAR PLATFORMS, THEIR GAPING MOUTHS BARING TEETH AND PROTRUDING TONGUES, PIERCED AND MOULDED WITH LARGE SCALES, LEAF FONDS AND SCROLLING CLOUD MOTIFS, GLAZED WITH GREEN, YELLOW, BROWN AND STRAW SPLASHES -- 27IN. (69CMS) LONG, (FIRING CRACKS, SOME CHIPPING).
SEE ILLUSTRATION. (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT SHOULD BE TRIANGLED IN THE CATALOGUE INDICATING THAT IT IS OWNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY CHRISTIE'S OR ONE OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES.