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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE ANIMAL-FORM WEIGHT
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Crisply cast as a recumbent, horned mythical beast with trailing flames emerging from its haunches, its body covered in finely rendered scales on either side of the pronounced backbone emerging from under tufts of curled hair along the back of the head and continuing to the short, curled tail
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box

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