CERAMICS -- 2.00PM
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MR AND MRS MELVYN ROLLASON
A CHINESE GREEN AND OCHRE GLAZED ROOF TILE, MODELLED AS A FEROCIOUS BUDDHISTIC LION PROTECTING ITS CUB, THE BEAST ON ITS HIND LEGS WITH ITS HEAD TURNED TO THE LEFT, NOSTRILS FLARING AND TEETH SHOWING, THE CUB LOOKING UPWARDS FROM BENEATH ONE OF ITS FOREPAWS -- 14½IN. (37CM.) HIGH, MING DYNASTY, WOOD STAND.
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A CHINESE GREEN AND OCHRE GLAZED ROOF TILE, MODELLED AS A FEROCIOUS BUDDHISTIC LION PROTECTING ITS CUB, THE BEAST ON ITS HIND LEGS WITH ITS HEAD TURNED TO THE LEFT, NOSTRILS FLARING AND TEETH SHOWING, THE CUB LOOKING UPWARDS FROM BENEATH ONE OF ITS FOREPAWS -- 14½IN. (37CM.) HIGH, MING DYNASTY, WOOD STAND.