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A VERY FINE AND RARE SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A
RECUMBENT BUDDHIST LION
18th century
Exquisitely carved in the round with its head slightly raised depicted
with protruding eyes, bushy eyebrows and an opened mouth revealing
its teeth and tongue, its muscular torso accentuated by the ridged
spine in relief and subtle curving lines, the mane and hair denoted
with delicately incised lines, falling in plaits from the forehead down
the back, reclining with its legs tucked under its body and the bushy
tail curling to one side, the soapstone of warm yellowish-orange tone.
6.2cm (2 1/2in) long
HK$500,000 - 800,000
US$64,000 - 100,000
十八世紀 壽山石雕瑞獸書鎮

Provenance:
C. Philip Cardeiro (1930-2014)

來源：
美國收藏家C. Philip Cardeiro (1930-2014)舊藏

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