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A BRONZE ‘LION AND CUB’ PAPERWEIGHT
MING DYNASTY
cast in the form of a recumbent lion with its head turned backwards,
its bulging round eyes framed by thick eyebrows, with two smaller cubs
playfully clambering on its arched body, their ridged spines terminating with
finely incised bushy tails
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EXHIBITED
Summer Exhibition, Roger Keverne, London, 2001, cat. no. 15.
£ 1,500-2,000
HK$ 14,500-19,300 US$ 1,900-2,500
Summer Exhibition Roger Keverne 2001 15
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