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A PAIR OF FAHUA GLAZED 'DRAGON' ROOFTOP TERMINALS, MING DYNASTY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 30 July 2025, based on sample number C125j89, sets the firing date of all three samples taken between 500 and 800 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.China, circa 16th to early 17th century. Heavily potted, each finely modeled as the head and chest of a ferocious two-horned dragon, the head with bulging eyes, large dark pupils, a long curled snout showing sharp fangs, the wavy scrolling mane picked out in turquoise, the scaly body flanked by a pair of clouds, all neatly picked out in rich glazes of dark aubergine, bright turquoise, grayish-white, and ochre.Provenance: The Ghezzi Family Collection, Zurich, Switzerland. The Ghezzi Family has been passionate about jewels and antiques since the 1930s. In the 1940s, Giacomo Ghezzi (1914-1995) opened a jewelry shop in the center of Zurich, and one in St. Moritz. At the same time his wife Philomena ran an antique gallery elsewhere in the city. They both travelled extensively from New York to Tokyo, via Paris, London, Geneva and Hong Kong, hunting for the next treasure to sell. Their son, Fermo Ghezzi (1938-2006), continued in the family's passion, obtaining his goldsmith's degree in 1958, and joining the family business together with his wife Sonja. A gemologist and admirer of beautifully crafted period jewels, he acquired over his career some of the finest and noblest jewels, varying from important gemstones to jewels with provenance.Condition: Good condition with some wear, few small losses, light scratches, old repairs and touchups to the teeth, noses, and eyebrow, few small chips. One with a small hole from sample-taking and associated fill.Weight: 10.2 kg and 10.3 kg (excl. stands)Dimensions: Height 36.5 cm and 37.5 cm (excl. stands)Each with a fitted hardwood stand, dating from circa 1900. (4)Literature comparison:These architectural features would most likely have served as beam-ends for the roof of a temple, see a closely related pair of dragon-form terminals dated to the 16th century, 43.7 cm tall, in the Walters Art Museum, accession numbers 49.2378 and 49.2379.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Paris, 6 December 2007, lot 132Estimate: EUR 4,000 or approx. EUR 5,400 (for one) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: Roof tile, Fahua China, Ming dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, modeling, glazes, and subject.

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