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17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF BLANC-DE-CHINE BUDDHIST LIONS
17TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a lion with a fierce expression exposing its teeth seated on its haunch on top of a rectangular pedestal, one with a brocade ball under its right foreleg, the other with a ball and its young, the pedestals applied with blossoming prunus and peony branches, covered in a white glaze of ivory tone, minor extremity chips
11 7/16 in. (29 cm.) high (2)
17TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a lion with a fierce expression exposing its teeth seated on its haunch on top of a rectangular pedestal, one with a brocade ball under its right foreleg, the other with a ball and its young, the pedestals applied with blossoming prunus and peony branches, covered in a white glaze of ivory tone, minor extremity chips
11 7/16 in. (29 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Messers. Bluett & Son, London
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 89 and 90
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 89 and 90
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis