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Thai gold & black lacquered…
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Sydney
Date:
26-Nov-2023
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Thai gold & black lacquered bronze gong with ivory tusk supports. Early 20th century includes silver metal thread ropes and hammer. Nb: ivory export restrictions. Tusks length 130 cm (curvature), excl. Wood stands, diameter 70 cm (gong). Provenance: Estates late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose Company imported luxury European goods, and (with Royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
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Oriental: Zother