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A PAIR OF CHINESE PART GILT BRONZE CANDLEHOLDERS MODELLED AS BUDDHISTIC LIONS
SEATED FACING LEFT AND RIGHT, THEIR TAILS RAISED AND FRONT PAWS RESTING ON BROCADE BALLS, WEARING BELL COLLARS, HOLDING FLOWERING PEONY SPRAYS IN THEIR MOUTHS, SET ON RAISED QUATREFOIL BASES DECORATED IN GILT WITH BANDS OF SCROLLING FOLIAGE -- 31IN. (78.7CMS) HIGH, 18TH CENTURY.
SEE COLOUR PLATE 56. (2)
SEATED FACING LEFT AND RIGHT, THEIR TAILS RAISED AND FRONT PAWS RESTING ON BROCADE BALLS, WEARING BELL COLLARS, HOLDING FLOWERING PEONY SPRAYS IN THEIR MOUTHS, SET ON RAISED QUATREFOIL BASES DECORATED IN GILT WITH BANDS OF SCROLLING FOLIAGE -- 31IN. (78.7CMS) HIGH, 18TH CENTURY.
SEE COLOUR PLATE 56. (2)