Details
The oval body and dragon head mounted with gold feathers, wirework, and ruby tongue along with cabochon rubies and emeralds and pendant pearls, with a gold foot set with ruby talons, raised on an oval base with gold rim and further applied with clusters of rubies, emeralds, and pearls, marked 18K on underside of base, the rock crystal with incised M
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from George Stangl, New York, 22 December 1978.
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A gold and jewel-mounted red jasper dragon-form box, along with two gold and ruby-mounted rock crystal obelisks by George Stangl were sold from The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty: Wheatland, Christie's, New York, 18-19 October 2023, lot 56.

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