Sale 9506
London, South Kensington
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14 November 2002
Price realised
GBP 1,410
Estimate
A gilt-bronze model of a standing horse 16th/17th Century wearing separate saddle section decorated in relief with a coiled dragon and with pierced end section, above a saddle cloth with incised foliate decoration and blanket with tassled ends, with further trappings, the animal with head lowered and with open mouth, its ears raised -- 5 7/8in. (15cm.) long, (old wear and rubbing). See Illustration.
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