a metal sculpture of a lizard sitting on top of a wooden basean image of a statue of a lizard on a black base
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269 - Wrought-iron door knocker featuring a brass element in the s…
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
Description
Wrought-iron door knocker featuring a brass element in the shape of a dragon holding a sphere between its paws. Head raised, crowned with a double rosette, with a menacing, tooth-filled mouth and tongue sticking out, a coiled serpentine body ending in stylised foliage. Spain, Aragon? 16th/17th century. Height: 12.5 cm – Length: 30 cm Blackened wooden base Reference work consulted: M. de Fayet, Ferronnerie espagnole, Paris, 1969, cat. 6, 20, 23, 52, 91 Please request condition reports: these are not included in the listings.
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Ref. : 8778 - 55
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