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Lot 185
Sale 6418 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 19, 2025
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Live / New York
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$6,080
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Lot Description
A Chinese Bronze Figure of a Dragon, Possibly Song/Yuan Dynasty
或為宋元 青銅龍
或為宋元 青銅龍
Possibly Song/Yuan Dynasty
The dragon is rendered with flared nostrils and intricately intertwined scrolling tails, seated in a martial posture. Its surface retains traces of gilding beneath a patina of malachite encrustation. Accompanied by a photocopy of a letter from Doris Dohrenwend, Associate Curator, Royal Ontario Museum, dated March 7, 1983, discussing the present piece.
Height 6 5/8 in., 16.8 cm.
Property from a Distinguished Pennsylvania Collection
This lot is located in Philadelphia.