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Mark 與 Peter Dineley珍藏
Mark 與 Peter Dineley珍藏
Lot 16
A very large imperial gilt-bronze repoussé model of a five-clawed dragon 18th/19th century
7 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Asaph Hyman
Global Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Dessa Goddard
Senior Vice President, US Head, Asian Art Group
Colin Sheaf
Consultant
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Rachel Hyman
Department Director
Asian Art (AUS)
A very large imperial gilt-bronze repoussé model of a five-clawed dragon
18th/19th century
The imposing beast with scaly S-shaped body standing upright with his two feet clasping two flaming pearls and clouds, with five-clawed arms raised, the head set with later stag-horn antlers above bushy brows, bulbous eyes, large flaring nostrils and jaws agape revealing sharp fangs above the wispy mane. 103cm (40 1/2in) high excluding horns.
The imposing beast with scaly S-shaped body standing upright with his two feet clasping two flaming pearls and clouds, with five-clawed arms raised, the head set with later stag-horn antlers above bushy brows, bulbous eyes, large flaring nostrils and jaws agape revealing sharp fangs above the wispy mane. 103cm (40 1/2in) high excluding horns.
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金錘鍱龍立像
Provenance: Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by repute
Alice Getty (d.1946), by repute
Courtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by repute
Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by repute
Professor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute
Mark Dineley (1901-1975)
Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent
來源：傳Henry Harrison Getty（1838-1919年）舊藏
傳Alice Getty（卒於1946年）舊藏
傳Tredegar子爵Courtenay Morgan（1867-1934年）舊藏
傳Tredegar子爵二世Evan Morgan（1893-1949年）舊藏
傳Bellerby教授及夫人舊藏
Mark Dineley（1901-1975年）舊藏
Peter Dineley（1938-2018年）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今
The present lot is impressive for its magnificent size and dynamic modelling. Its size and posture strongly suggest that it would have been part of a support holding perhaps an astronomical or scientific instrument. Compare with a large globe, supported by four dragons, Qianlong, illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, pp.148-149. See also bronze dragons supporting an astronomical instrument illustrated in Forbidden City: The Great Within, London, 1995, p.43
A pair of gilt-bronze seated dragons, each with one paw resting on a ball, is in Chateau de Fontainebleau and is illustrated in Le Musee Chinois de I'Imperatrice Eugenie, Fontainebleau, 1994, fig.17. On display in the Forbidden City are large gilt-bronze dragon placed at hall entrances such as the one seen in situ placed in front of Cining Men guarding the entrance to Yang Xin Dian (Hall of Mental Cultivation), illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City, Beijing, 1985, p.26, fig.16.
