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           ࡥ   ͩ         A LIMESTONE SEATED FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION,
               ϲ         TANG DYNASTY
               ֧         shown seated on its taut haunches with both forelegs extended and head facing forward on a rectangular plinth, the ferocious beast

               ᎉ         portrayed with its mouth open in a roar and baring its teeth, depicted with bulging eyes with incised pupils set in an intense gaze below
               Ѭ         furrowed bushy brows, the thick mane trails in rows of layered curls, the neck adorned with a beribboned bell with the ribbon tied into
                         a neat bow on the back, old wood stand
               ๸         34 cm

                         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         Collection of George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939), label.   ˈ୽̿౷ਔ౶€1863-1939ϋϗᔛdᅺᜀ
                         Collection of Montague Meyer, label.            Montague Meyer ϗᔛdᅺᜀ
                         Sotheby's New York, 4th December 1985, lot 62.  ॲߒᘽబˢ1985ϋ12˜4˚dᇜ໮62
                         EXHIBITED
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                         Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, no. D672, label.
                         Whitechapel Centenary Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery,   Orangerie des Tuileries€Ӂᆀᘆዒ෤dˋኇdᇜ໮D672d
                         London, 2001.                                   ᅺᜀ
                                                                         Whitechapel Centenary Exhibition‘dͣ઺ੀߕஔ᎜dࡐ
                         HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000                         ౱d2001ϋ
                         US$ 255,000-383,000



















































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