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Lot 604 Nα

A fire-gilt bronze stand for a crystal ball. 17th/18th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
09.12.2017, 11:00 - Art from China, Tibet, and Nepal I: Highlights
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)
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A fire-gilt bronze stand for a crystal ball. 17th/18th century

A fire-gilt bronze stand for a crystal ball in shape of two entwined dragons, each holding a jewel and arranged into an oval shape. 17th/18th century.
Height 10.2 cm; length 24.5 cm

十七/十八世紀 鎏金銅雙龍戲珠紋底座
來源：德國Ernst Otto Julius Hempel (1853-1930年)，一位德國工程師在1870年至1890年在中國居留時的私人收藏
可比：Sidney L. Moss, Ltd., The Second Bronze Age, Later Chineses Metalwork, 倫敦 1991, 編號15; Sidney L. Moss, The Literati Mode, 編號 141

Provenance

Ernst Otto Julius Hempel (1853-?), engineer with the German Imperial merchant marine in Kiel, who traveled to China six times in the years between 1870 and 1890

Literature

Compare similar pieces illustrated in Sidney L. Moss, Ltd., The Second Bronze Age, Later Chineses Metalwork, London 1991, no. 15 and Sidney L. Moss, The Literati Mode, no. 141; a prbably later pair of such stands is housed by the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing