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LOT 1399
Chinese Serpentine and Gilt Bronze Ceremonial Axe
QING DYNASTY, 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (513 grams, 23.5 cm).
Comprising a serpentine pelta-shaped blade with taotie motif, bronze socket formed as a stylised fish with a lizard on its back, open mouth to accept the staff; in archaic style. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a retired South West London doctor
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