Lot Essay
A similar but smaller pair of lions was sold in these Rooms on 6 November 1995, lot 64
PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY
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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE VERTE BUDDHISTIC LIONS AND BASES
probably late qing dynasty
Looking to the left and right, one playing with a lion cub, the other with its right front paw resting on a ball, sitting on tall rectangular bases enamelled with precious objects within shaped panels reserved on floral and trellis-pattern grounds, their manes and eyebrows modelled in tight curls, with reticulated eye-balls and the character wang on their forehead, some restoration
38in. (97cm.) high (2)
probably late qing dynasty
Looking to the left and right, one playing with a lion cub, the other with its right front paw resting on a ball, sitting on tall rectangular bases enamelled with precious objects within shaped panels reserved on floral and trellis-pattern grounds, their manes and eyebrows modelled in tight curls, with reticulated eye-balls and the character wang on their forehead, some restoration
38in. (97cm.) high (2)