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Probably Italian, 17th Century
Dragon
gilt-bronze on an ebonized wood base
height overall: 4 ⅞ in.; 12.38 cm
来源:Nicolas Landau and Jacquelin Goldman;
Their sale, Paris, Sotheby's, 8 April 2013, lot 15;
Where acquired by the present collector.
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说明:The present gilt-bronze dragon was most likely produced as an ornamental mount for a piece of sumptuous furniture or as an element of a larger bronze sculpture or object.
The present example, with its dynamic silhouette and detailed chasing, may well have adorned the base of a cartel clock. A closely related dragon is shown supporting such a timepiece in a drawing dating to the 1720s.1
1 "La Chimère, symbole de la somptuosité", Connaissance des Arts, janvier 1961, n°107, p. 31.