PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE BUDDHIST LIONS
LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£5,796
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 銅鑄佛獅連座一對
each cast seated on their haunches, the male lion with its right front paw resting on a brocade ball, and a matching female with a cub beneath its left paw, both with powerful jaws and a fierce expression beneath the tightly scrolling manes and bell and tassel-ornamented bands across their broad chests, each with associated rectangular stands modelled with brocade covers
Dimensions
34cm high each; 1020g and 1110g
Footnote
Note: A comparable pair of Buddhist lions without stand, also dated to the Qing dynasty, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2013, lot 3582.