A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT 17TH/18TH CENTURY Heavily and finely cast as a three-legged bixi , a mythological dragon-tortoise with dragon-like head with forked antlers and bushy tail, the carapace inlaid with a cloisonné enamel fragment of 16th century date decorated with three flower heads and green leafy tendrils reserved on a turquoise-blue ground 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) across, box
A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
A RARE AND UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL WEIGHT 17TH/18TH CENTURY Heavily and finely cast as a three-legged bixi , a mythological dragon-tortoise with dragon-like head with forked antlers and bushy tail, the carapace inlaid with a cloisonné enamel fragment of 16th century date decorated with three flower heads and green leafy tendrils reserved on a turquoise-blue ground 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) across, box
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