Red Dragon on grey background!
13 March 2018
Description

This is a 11" x 24" print. In 1985 when the opening of China to Americans a friend bought back a few prints from China and sold one of the Dragons to the Chairman of Pepsi for a lot of money.

Provenance

I bought this at a Estate sale and, The owner of the Mansion bought back a few very nice prints in 1985 from China.

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Answered within 1 day
By Klaus
Mar 14, 16:11 UTC
Fair Market Value
$100 - $200 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a woodblock print depicting a winged mythical being, inspired by stone rubbings of Han dynasty reliefs of the pixiu 貔貅. This hybrid creature resembles a winged lion or tiger. Statues or paintings of this creature are meant to attract wealth to its owner according to feng shui beliefs. It was a thoughtful purchase during Deng Xiaoping´s reforms and one can assume the company made a good profit in China. The estimate is based on similar stone rubbings offered or sold.

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