Lot 276 D α

A gilt wood architectural ornament. Edo period

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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A gilt wood architectural ornament. Edo period

In shape of a long rising dragon, head and tip of the tail turned to the side, a jewel in one of his forepaws. The eyes of glass, the whiskers of metal wire. Flaking of the gold.
Length ca. 164 cm

Provenance

Private property, formerly in the collection of Walter Exner (1911-2003), Vienna

Literature

Published in Förster, Richard (ed.) Kulturmacht Japan. Ein Spiegel japanischen Kulturlebens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Vienna n.d., p. 88