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Lot 258
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD LARGE ARTICULATED DRAGON
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Closed25 May 2023
Price Realised
GBP 50,400
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A JAPANESE BOXWOOD LARGE ARTICULATED DRAGON
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD LARGE ARTICULATED DRAGON
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as Jizai Okimono, a freely moving decorative object, the carved dragon has the body of a serpent, scales of a carp, claws of an eagle and the antlers of a deer joined together by an internal rope and metal cord, with museum accession number 'FL140·1974a' underneath the lower jaw, on later iron cradles and burr-elm base
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, on cradle; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) long, fully extended; 50 in. (127 cm.) long, on cradle; 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) deep, on cradle
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 March 1984, lot 67.
Anonymous Private Collection, 973 Fifth Avenue, New York; 'A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from America's Gilded Age', sold Christie's, New York, 21 June 2012, lot 1024.
Acquired from Peter Petrou Ltd. Works of Art, London, June 2020.
Anonymous Private Collection, 973 Fifth Avenue, New York; 'A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from America's Gilded Age', sold Christie's, New York, 21 June 2012, lot 1024.
Acquired from Peter Petrou Ltd. Works of Art, London, June 2020.
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