A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL DRAGONS, China, Qing dynasty. Each dragon depicted rising from their curled bodies, with their heads raised upwards, mouth open, fangs bared, detailed with bulging eyes, a pair of horns and long curled whiskers, the bodies flanked to each side with colourfully enamelled long-tipped wings, breathing a cone of ruyi-clouds, holding up a pearl. - Property from a European private collection - Cf. with a similar pair of bronze dragons, sold at Christie's London, 8 Nov 2011, sale 7997, lot 256 - Traces of age