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A PAIR OF HARDWOOD 清十八世紀

FIGURES OF FOREIGNERS 木雕胡人獻寶坐獅像一對
QING DYNASTY, 18TH 連嵌象牙木座

CENTURY

each seated holding a different shaped vase riding on a
Buddhist lion, wearing a domed helmet crested with a ruyi
and a buttoned plastron, further dressed with similarly
buttoned gauntlets and gaiters on the legs, one with a grinning
face framed by a curled beard and bushy brows, the other
with a smiling glabrous visage between ringed earlobes, the
Buddhist lions with broad faces showing teeth and a small
protruding tongue, detailed with wispy hair along the spine
and a voluminous bushy tail, one resting its forepaw on a
brocade ball, the other on a cub at its side, the tightly grained
wood patinated to a rich reddish-brown colour, hardwood and
green-stained ivory balustrated stands
33.5 cm, 13⅛ in.

◉ HK$ 1,200,000-1,500,000
US$ 153,000-192,000