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20. A SMALL RED SANDS T ONE SEATED FIGURE OF A LION
Tang Dynasty (618–907)

seated with forelegs outstretched and jaws open in a roaring attitude, the eyes fixed in a defiant
stare, the long tail folded over one hind leg, the mane carved as two tiers of thick curls, the flanks
smoothly polished, the pomegranate-red stone with traces of black pigment and remains of burial
earth.
Height 5¼ inches (13.3 cm)

Provenance William H. Wolff, Inc., New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, Upton, Massachusetts
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of
Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, 7 November 1980, lot 12
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1992

Exhibited / Published Worcester Art Museum, on loan from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Sculpture and Works of Art,
New York, 1991, no. 7

Compare the Tang marble lion from the collection of K. Meyer, exhibited in Berlin and illustrated in Ausstellung Chinesischer
Kunst, Berlin, 1929, p. 139, no. 321

唐 紅砂岩坐獅 高 13.3 厘米