17TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BRONZE BUDDHISTIC LION CENSER
17th century
Of slender proportions, cast in three sections, seated and looking to the right with bushy tail and mouth slightly open to reveal tongue and fanged teeth below the thick curly eyebrows and mane, its back similarly adorned with long curled locks of hair divided by the prominent ridged backbone, supported on long five-clawed feet, minor old damage and repair
26in. (66cm.) long
17th century
Of slender proportions, cast in three sections, seated and looking to the right with bushy tail and mouth slightly open to reveal tongue and fanged teeth below the thick curly eyebrows and mane, its back similarly adorned with long curled locks of hair divided by the prominent ridged backbone, supported on long five-clawed feet, minor old damage and repair
26in. (66cm.) long