SIX DYNASTIES (220-589)

細節

A MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION
SIX DYNASTIES (220-589)
Seated with its right leg raised pawing the air, its head turned slightly to the left, with wing-like tufts rising from each shoulder and a long tail rising up its back; together with a gilt-bronze lokapala, Tang dynasty, standing atop rockwork in the usual pose with his right arm raised above the head and the left hand on his hip, wood stand
2 1/8 and 2½ in. (5.4 and 6.4 cm.) high (2)

來源

Christie's, New York, 20 March 1997, lot 190.

拍品專文

A very similar figure of a lion was included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, Arts Club of Chicago, 1970, no. B 30; and another closely related figure from the Cunliffe Collection was illustrated in Exhibition of Early Chinese Art, Bluett & Sons, London, 1973, p. XXVII, no. 54.

For another similar gilt-bronze standing lokapala see Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, gilt bronzes and sculptures; two private collections, one formerly part of the Minkenhof Collection, Eskenazi, London, 1977, pp. 34-5, no. 20.