Lot 99

PAIR OF IMPRESSIVE BRONZE BUDDHIST LIONS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Auction: 8 November 2016 at 17:00 GMT
£10,625
Description
each modelled seated on its haunches on a rectangular plinth with drapings, wearing a tasselled collar with a lion-head mask suspending a bell, the head with a fierce snarling expression, the female with its paw resting on a cub, the male with its paw resting on a brocade ball (2)
Dimensions
24.5cm high
Footnote
Note:
For a similar gilt example, see Guardian's sale in their Hong Kong rooms on 6th April 2015, lot 683.
