The year of the Dragon – Chinese bronze sculpture could be Summer Palace discovery
Did the final days of 2018 provide the year’s greatest discovery? Bidders who pursued a bronze dragon head from €20,000 to €2.4m (£2.2m) at the Drouot in Paris on December 17 certainly thought so.
Speculation after the sale was that the 18in (45cm) high sculpture – consigned by the family of a …