CHINESE SILVER-WIRE-INLAID BRONZE BUDDHIST LION
SHISOU MARK, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 石叟款 銅鑄嵌銀絲佛獅擺件 帶木座
cast with the mythical beast seated and leaning to its rear right hind, the head striding to upper left looking back with mouth ajar, its front left paw on a movable brocade ball, inlaid overall with silver-wire as mane, the abdomen inlaid with a ‘Shi Sou’ mark, on a fitted wooden stand
Dimensions
31.5cm wide; 6kg
Provenance
Private English collection
英格蘭私人收藏
Footnote
A comparable large silver-inlaid bronze lion-form censer, Qing dynasty, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 Nov 2016, lot 3246.
參一清代銅錯銀獅形香爐,2016年11月30日售於香港佳士得,拍品3246,可資比較。