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Lot 33
A Pair of Large Japanese Coiled Dragons
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, signed "Gyokushi" on the base, comprised of carved bone veneer, two vertical sculptures of three toe dragons coiled around mountains, from their mouths shoot up water like a fountain and perched on top are carved balls decorated with dragons amidst swirling clouds chasing a flaming pearl, fitted into double raised octagonal bases.

DOA 30 in.

Estate of the Late Richard Rivoire, Raleigh, North Carolina.

One dragon has a foot and whisker detached but remains with the sculpture; the other dragon is also missing a whisker now lost; general wear to surface and edges.