A CARVED LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A SEATED LION TANG DYNASTY
seated on its haunches on an integral rectangular base with defined musculature and attenuated front legs, the head facing forward with large piercing eyes and wide open jaws bearing fangs, framed by a finely articulated mane cascading in thick curls down the nape, a cub by the left front paw, wood stand (2)
Height 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm
Provenance:
The Von Callenberg Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7th April 2014, lot 3630.
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seated on its haunches on an integral rectangular base with defined musculature and attenuated front legs, the head facing forward with large piercing eyes and wide open jaws bearing fangs, framed by a finely articulated mane cascading in thick curls down the nape, a cub by the left front paw, wood stand (2)
Height 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm
Provenance:
The Von Callenberg Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7th April 2014, lot 3630.