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TANG/SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE INSCRIBED WHITE-WARE FIGURE OF A LION
TANG/SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
The cover of a censer, modeled as a buddhistic lion seated atop a faceted stepped plinth with a shaped cut-out on each side, with head raised as it scratches itself with the left rear paw while the other paw is placed beside a brocade ball, with a bell-hung ribbon tied around the neck and the mouth open for the release of incense smoke, covered with a clear glaze of olive tone, the interior of the plinth inscribed with a date
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, box
TANG/SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
The cover of a censer, modeled as a buddhistic lion seated atop a faceted stepped plinth with a shaped cut-out on each side, with head raised as it scratches itself with the left rear paw while the other paw is placed beside a brocade ball, with a bell-hung ribbon tied around the neck and the mouth open for the release of incense smoke, covered with a clear glaze of olive tone, the interior of the plinth inscribed with a date
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
C. Edward Wells, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1963.
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