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3* Compare a similar figure of Puxian riding an elephant illustrated by
J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
Two biscuit and green-glazed Buddhist figures no.16:97.
Ming Dynasty
Stoutly modelled as two Buddhist figures each wearing a high crown
above the biscuit face and chest with intricate jewellery enveloped by a
thick green-glazed robe and bearing a long curving ruyi-sceptre, each
seated on a throne, one placed upon the back of an elephant and the
other upon the back of a Buddhist lion.
The taller 23.5cm (9¼in) high (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000
明 青釉澀胎騎獅佛像及青釉澀胎騎象佛像(共兩件)
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