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Distinguished by its monumentality and lively detailed modelling, the 此類大型漢白玉瑞獅於流通領域中相當罕見。近似例可參考一對曾由日本山
present pair of white marble lions would have been placed in front
of a gate or guarding an entrance. Similar white marble lions of this 中商會經手的晚明漢白玉瑞獅（高160公分），2010年4月8日於香港蘇富比拍
monumental size and quality are very rare to find at auctions. Compare a 賣，拍品1848號。及另外兩對尺寸較小者，一為明代（高127.5公分），2020年
similar pair of white marble lions (160 cm. high) dated to late Ming dynasty 11月3日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品23號，另一對定年約1900（高116公分），
from Yamanaka Shokai, Japan, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2010年11月9日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品249號。
2010, lot 1848; and two other smaller pairs, one dated to Ming dynasty
(127.5 cm. high), sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2020, lot 23, and
one circa 1900 (116 cm. high), sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2010, 此對瑞獅坐於長方形基座之上，座上旃罽之紋飾與同期雕漆上所見之錦地
lot 249. 紋有異曲同工之妙，見台北故宮博物院藏兩件明十六世紀剔紅圓盒，著錄於
It is noteworthy that the style of the diaper pattern found on the brocade 《和光剔采—故宮藏漆》，台北，2008年，圖版42-43號。
cover on top of the integral stand is very similar to the diaper ground found
on contemporaneous carved cinnabar lacquer wares, such as the two
circular boxes dated to the 16 -century in the National Palace Museum,
th
Taipei, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors: Treasured
Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, p. 64, nos. 42-
43.