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Lot 489
Sale 581 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 17, 2018
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$3,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Pair of Cloisonne Enamel Figures of Qilin
18TH/19TH CENTURY
each animal figure depicted forward facing, standing on four-square with gilt hooves, the head cast with bulgy eyes below bushy eyebrows, the mouth wide open revealing fangs, having gilt beard, long whiskers and horns, the gilt mane forming a removable cover at the back of the head, the body cast with gilt spine and a bushy tail, painted with gilt highlighted, blue and turquoise scales, raised on fitted hardwood stand.
Length of each 12 inches.
