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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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Davis: "The September Pearson's". USA, around 1895. Colour lithograph, 50 x 37cm. The girl and the dragon are figures from the novel "The Lost Continent", which was published in sequels by this magazine.
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Davis: "The September Pearson's". USA, around 1895. Colour lithograph, 50 x 37cm...

Mughal gold mohur (gold coin) of Jahangir depicting the sign of Sagittarius. India, 1623.
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Mughal gold mohur (gold coin) of Jahangir depicting the sign of Sagittarius. Ind...

Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and are also decorated with auspicious motifs such as the phoenix, the dragon and other designs often of Chinese origin. H: 34 cm, L: 71 cm
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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and ar...

Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and are also decorated with auspicious motifs such as the phoenix, the dragon and other designs often of Chinese origin. H: 34 cm, L: 71 cm
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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and ar...

Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and are also decorated with auspicious motifs such as the phoenix, the dragon and other designs often of Chinese origin. H: 34 cm, L: 71 cm
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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and ar...

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung, (a mythic animal often associated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 48 cm
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Part of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embelli...

Part of the tack for the royal horse, this saddle is embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung (a mythic animal often assocciated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 26 cm L: 47 cm
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Part of the tack for the royal horse, this saddle is embellished with gold-pl...

Throne cover, probably royal provenance, in Bhutanese applique work. A phoenix in the central medallion is surrounded on either side by four kinnara, musicians part man, part bird, playing the cymbals. 130 x 130 cm
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Throne cover, probably royal provenance, in Bhutanese applique work. A phoenix...

Charging unicorn. Carved wood figure. Later Han Dynasty. Excavated in 1959 at Wu-Wei, Gansu, China. 38.5 x 59 cm
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Charging unicorn. Carved wood figure. Later Han Dynasty. Excavated in 1959 at...

Ritual wine vessel Lei decorated with monster mask and tortoise. Bronze. Shang Dynasty. Excavated 1955 at Pai-Chai-Chuang, Cheng-Chou, Honan. Height: 25 cm
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Ritual wine vessel Lei decorated with monster mask and to...

Ritual wine mixer Kuang in form of a monster. Inscription: "Jih Chi". Bronze. Chou Dynasty. Excavated 1969 at Fu-Feng, Shensi, China. Height: 31.6 cm
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Ritual wine mixer Kuang in form of a monster. Inscr...

Bronze pedestal vessel Tou inlaid with scrolled gold dragon motif. Excavated 1965 at Ch'ang-Chi, Shansi, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Height with lid 19.2 cm
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Bronze pedestal vessel Tou inlaid with scrolled gold drago...