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Lot 214
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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DENYS SUTTON
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Cast in the form of a standing horned tortoise with upturned head and tail, the carapace formed by two cloud-shaped panels beneath the removeable stopper, the head, horns, body and stopper with extensive original gilding
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare an inlaid tortoise-form waterdropper of similar size and form, also dated to the 17th or 18th century, illustrated by M. Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes: AD 1100-1900, London, 1989, no. 38.

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