Lot 4119
4119
A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL BUDDHIST LION
THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL BUDDHIST LION

LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL BUDDHIST LION
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The lion is modelled as a ferocious muscular beast with its head turned to one side with jaw agape snarling to expose teeth and a tongue. The champleve saddle cloth is decorated with lotus and fastened by straps adorned with bells and tassels. The animal supports a circular aperture surrounded by lotus petals on its back.
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) long, box

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Lot Essay

The prototype of this type of modelling is likely to be from the Tang dynasty, such as the gilt-bronze example included in the Exhibition of the Mount Trust Collection of Chinese Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1970, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 42; and another Tang example in the British Rail Pension Fund, sold at Sotheby's London, 12 December 1989, lot 38.

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