A LARGE GLAZED TILEWORKS BUDDHISTIC LION STAND
A LARGE GLAZED TILEWORKS BUDDHISTIC LION STAND

MING DYNASTY

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A LARGE GLAZED TILEWORKS BUDDHISTIC LION STAND
Ming Dynasty
The striding figure with mouth open in a roar showing the tongue and teeth, with bells and a tassel hung from the trappings and a cylindrical holder issuing from the center of the cloth draped over its back, glazed in deep purple, turquoise and a yellowish-cream glaze
29in. (73.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

A stand of this type, but with a different glaze combination, in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, was included in the exhibition, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1952, Catalogue, pp. 30-31, no. 213.