A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION

18TH CENTURY

Details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION
18TH CENTURY
The heavily cast lion is shown crouching with its head turned to the right, its mouth agape, and a gourd suspended from a cord tied around the neck. The body is cast with thickly curling tufts of hair flanking the knobbly spine, and the separately cast tail is similarly modeled with curling hair.
11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Gloucestershire, England.

More from Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art

View All
View All