6th Nov, 2023 10:00

Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
 
Lot 190
 

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION
明 銅鎏金獅形擺件

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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PROVENANCE:
The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff business man born in Latvia;
Thence by descent as stated in a handwritten letter dated 1975;
Property of the Essex Collection of Early Chinese Art, British Private Collection, where some of the collection is now housed in the National Museum of Wales.
來源
洛文森舊藏,於1930至1950年代由拉脫維亞裔卡迪夫商人馬克斯·洛文森(1879-1945)組成;
此後家族傳承,敘於一1975年信件中;
艾塞克斯早期中國藝術品,英國私人收藏,部份藏品現藏於威爾斯國家博物館。

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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.

Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000

 

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