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LOT 1520
Chinese Han Style Gilt Scroll Weight
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (450 grams, 74 mm wide).
A gilt copper-alloy weight displaying a pair of grappling sinuous beasts with leonine heads, dragonesque claws and fish-like scales, waves lapping beneath them, discoid base.
Provenance
Acquired 1970-1990s.
From a private West Country collection.
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LOT 1520
Chinese Han Style Gilt Scroll Weight
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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