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A GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED STONEWARE LION
MING DYNASTY
The striding beast with head raised and mouth open in a roar, richly caparisoned with tassle-hung trappings and saddle blankets, the cylinder rising from a band of petals in the center of the back now fitted with a gilt-metal, foliate stopper, and the whole now mounted on a gilt-metal base, one ear repaired, one ear chipped--16in. (40.7cm.) long
MING DYNASTY
The striding beast with head raised and mouth open in a roar, richly caparisoned with tassle-hung trappings and saddle blankets, the cylinder rising from a band of petals in the center of the back now fitted with a gilt-metal, foliate stopper, and the whole now mounted on a gilt-metal base, one ear repaired, one ear chipped--16in. (40.7cm.) long