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藝臻期頤-MARCHANT珍藏中國藝術品

723 A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST
LION

18TH CENTURY

The heavily cast lion is shown crouching with its head turned
to the right, its mouth agape, and a gourd suspended from
a cord tied around the neck. The body is cast with thickly
curling tufts of hair fanking the knobbly spine, and the
separately cast tail is similarly modeled with curling hair.
11º in. (28.6 cm.) long

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Gloucestershire, England.

清十八世紀 銅獅子

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