Chinese emperor and empress on their mid-900s thrones
Description:
Description:
Splendid pair of Chinese emperor statues (h. cm. 33) with important clothes and headdresses made in the mid-900s. Faces and hands in composition, clothes in enamelled metal, hard stones. Placed on large mahogany thrones (cm. 31x22) with a 10 cm high structure, decorated with fine golden features which are accessed by means of a staircase (cm. 13x7; h. 5). In the emperor's seat we find two golden metal dragons in the armrests and 4 in the backrest: both holding a vase with one hand and a ball with the other. They are in excellent condition. Measurements: cm. 31x22; h. 40.