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17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' CENSER AND COVER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer is formed as a stout Buddhist lion sitting on its haunches, its front legs braced, and cast with flames and cloud-like scrolls on the body. The separately cast head opens on a hinge at the front of the neck, and is cast with thin flames coiling out from the open mouth and thickly curling mane and brows. The tail is also separately cast with two rows of curling tufts of hair.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The censer is formed as a stout Buddhist lion sitting on its haunches, its front legs braced, and cast with flames and cloud-like scrolls on the body. The separately cast head opens on a hinge at the front of the neck, and is cast with thin flames coiling out from the open mouth and thickly curling mane and brows. The tail is also separately cast with two rows of curling tufts of hair.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Scotland.