A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY BUDDHISTIC LIONS
19TH CENTURY
EACH SEATED ON ITS HAUNCHES WEARING BELL COLLARS, ONE LION WITH A LEG RAISED ON A BROCADE BALL, THE OTHER LION WITH A LEG RAISED ON AN UPTURNED CUB. WITH FEROCIOUS EXPRESSION, THEIR OPEN JAWS REVEALING AN ARTICULATED BALL, STANDING ABOVE DRAPED DOUBLE LOTUS PETAL STANDS -- 5¼IN. (13.2CM.) HIGH. WOODEN BASES.
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY BUDDHISTIC LIONS
19TH CENTURY
EACH SEATED ON ITS HAUNCHES WEARING BELL COLLARS, ONE LION WITH A LEG RAISED ON A BROCADE BALL, THE OTHER LION WITH A LEG RAISED ON AN UPTURNED CUB. WITH FEROCIOUS EXPRESSION, THEIR OPEN JAWS REVEALING AN ARTICULATED BALL, STANDING ABOVE DRAPED DOUBLE LOTUS PETAL STANDS -- 5¼IN. (13.2CM.) HIGH. WOODEN BASES.
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
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