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A PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A 'BUDDHIST' LION AND ITS CUB
A PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A 'BUDDHIST' LION AND ITS CUB
A PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A 'BUDDHIST' LION AND ITS CUB
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A PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A 'BUDDHIST' LION AND ITS CUB

LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A 'BUDDHIST' LION AND ITS CUB
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The large, recumbent lion has its paw resting on a ribbon-tied brocade ball while the cub frolics on its back. Both have curly brows, long segmented manes and bushy tails incised with fine hair markings. The pale yellowish-white stone has areas of russet-brown color and mottling.
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

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Lot Essay


According to T. T. Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinse Art, San Francisco 2006, p. 117, no. 5.17.2, the combination of a large lion (dashi) and a small lion (xiaoshi) playing with a brocade ball, its ribbons symbolizing longevity and generation, expresses the wish, ‘May you and your descendant achieve high rank‘ (taishi shaoshi).

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