TANG DYNASTY, 7TH-8TH CENTURY

This figure is stylistically similar to other small stone lions of Tang date that are also seated on a plinth, some with head turned, some with mouth open. Compare the brown-stained white marble lion of similar size illustrated by M. Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 14 (no. S36), and one from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, sold at Christie's, New York, 21 September 1995, lot 300.