£18,750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 617
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
清 大明永樂年施款 鎏金銅龍紋三足座
elegantly cast in the form of three elongated dragons supporting a circular stand base with a beaded ring, each dragon finely depicted with a horned head, upturned snout, arched body and swirling tail forming the feet of the stand, with well-preserved gilding, on the inner rim incised with an apocryphal six-character mark 'Da Ming Yong Le Nian Shi (Executed in the Yongle reign of the Ming dynasty)', with an original cylindrical cloth box
Provenance: Formerly in a Private European collection, acquired in 1970s