Thai Gold & Black Lacquered Bronze Gong with Ivory Tusk Supports. Early 20th C. Includes silver metal thread ropes and hammer. NB: ivory export restrictions. Tusks L130cm (curvature), excl. wood stands Dia.70cm (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. Estimate $2,000-4,000