6th Nov, 2023 10:00
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION
Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644)
明 銅鎏金獅形擺件
The lion cast with its head turned to the left with a ferocious expression, the wide mouth opening to reveal rows of sharp teeth and a protruding tongue, the piercing eyes set either side of a broad nose and below delicately incised eyebrows, a finely decorated curling mane framing the head below two pointed ears, the body with a knobbed spine decorated to either side with swathes of fur and terminating in a trefoil tail,
8cm long, weight approx. 365g
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c.f. A related gilt-bronze weight of similar size and subject was sold by Christie's New York, 23rd March 2018, lot 1019.
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