Lot Essay
A similar larger pair of lions was sold in our Rooms in London on 16 November 1998, lot 227
LATE QING DYNASTY
Details
A pair of bronze models of Buddhistic lions on rectangular bases
Late Qing Dynasty
Cast in mirror image, seated on their haunches with a frontpaw resting on a ball and cub, the fierce-looking faces with open mouth and bulging eyes, tightly curled eyebrows and manes, tasselled collar with pendants, both on a cloth draped diagonally over the rectangular base worked with various patterns
17.5 cm. high (2)
Late Qing Dynasty
Cast in mirror image, seated on their haunches with a frontpaw resting on a ball and cub, the fierce-looking faces with open mouth and bulging eyes, tightly curled eyebrows and manes, tasselled collar with pendants, both on a cloth draped diagonally over the rectangular base worked with various patterns
17.5 cm. high (2)