17TH CENTURY
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A GREY JADE GROUP OF LIONS
17th century
The two Buddhistic lions crisply carved gazing at each other ferociously with bulging eyes and curly eyebrows and tugging at ribbons and playing with a brocade ball, the manes, tails and the ball finely incised with details, the stone of milky-grey colouration with black inclusions and some clouding, minute extremity chips
5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide, wood stand
17th century
The two Buddhistic lions crisply carved gazing at each other ferociously with bulging eyes and curly eyebrows and tugging at ribbons and playing with a brocade ball, the manes, tails and the ball finely incised with details, the stone of milky-grey colouration with black inclusions and some clouding, minute extremity chips
5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide, wood stand