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23.  A Massive Limestone Guardian Lion
                 Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
                 with plump rounded body, shown crouching on short muscular legs in a lively pose with clawed
                 feet clutching the rough rectangular base, the large head with blunt muzzle turned slightly to
                 one side with bulging eyes set in a fierce gaze under thick brows, the forehead knobbed and the
                 short pointed ears pinned back, the prominent nose deeply furrowed, the open jaws bordered
                 by a scalloped beard radiating to repeating points, framed by a ribbed mane under the chin and
                 continuing around the back of the neck, the segmented tail rising to six plumes splayed across the
                 rump, the dark gray stone striated all over to simulate fur.

                 Height 33 2 Depth 25 ⁄2 2 Width 18 ⁄2 inches (83.8 2 64.8 2 47 cm)
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                 明 青石瑞獅 高 83.8 深  64.8 寬 47 厘米
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