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AN UNUSUAL ROOTWOOD CARVING OF A
TIGER ON ROCKWORK
18th century
The recumbent feline with fierce expression, the
jaws open revealing menacing teeth beneath a wang
character on the forehead, the body with finely-
detailed fur recumbent on a rugged pierced rocky
base.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 根瘤雕臥虎擺件

Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007,
no.128.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2007年，編號128

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A CARVED BAMBOO ‘BUDDHIST LION AND
YOUNG’ GROUP
17th/18th century
The recumbent adult lion with its head turned to
the front, open mouthed with animated expression,
the mane finely delineated and terminating in coiled
tufts, two playful cubs clambering about the adult.
12cm (4 3/4in) wide.

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 竹雕太獅少獅

A related example in the Brian McElney Collection is
illustrated by Ip Yee and Laurence C.S.Tam, Chinese
Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl.104.
Another example is illustrated by P.Moss, The Literati
Mode: Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy and
Desk Objects, London, 1986, p.168, no.49.

See a pair of bamboo ‘Buddhist lion’ groups, 18th
century, which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
6 October 2015, lot 259. 374

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