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PROPERTY FROM A FAR EASTERN COLLECTION
A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Heavily and finely cast as a three-legged bixi, a mythological dragon-tortoise with dragon-like head with forked antlers and bushy tail, the carapace inlaid with a cloisonné enamel fragment of 16th century date decorated with three flower heads and green leafy tendrils reserved on a turquoise-blue ground
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) across, box
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Heavily and finely cast as a three-legged bixi, a mythological dragon-tortoise with dragon-like head with forked antlers and bushy tail, the carapace inlaid with a cloisonné enamel fragment of 16th century date decorated with three flower heads and green leafy tendrils reserved on a turquoise-blue ground
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) across, box