Lot 865
- 865
A GILT-BRONZE 'BOYS' GROUP 17TH CENTURY |
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Length 4 1/8 in., 10.4 cm
comprising two smiling and play-fighting boys, one standing with a foot in the air and holding a toy axe-head cast emerging from a dragon mouth, one tuft of hair flicked up from the motion, the other boy leaning forward with hands and feet on the ground, dressed in a robe tied at the waist, all richly gilded, the standing boy affixed to the wood stand (2)
Provenance
Michael Gillingham, London.