A MARBLE BUDDHIST LION ON A ROUND DRUM China,...
A MARBLE BUDDHIST LION ON A ROUND DRUM
China, early Ming dynasty
The sculpture - carved in a single block of white marble with yellowish veins - depicts an all-round Buddhist lion crouched on a circular-section drum, on the lower and upper sides of which runs a sequence of small umbons.
22 cm high
Provenance: Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired in the early 2000s.
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A MARBLE BUDDHIST LION ON A ROUND DRUM
China, early Ming dynasty
The sculpture - carved in a single block of white marble with yellowish veins - depicts an all-round Buddhist lion crouched on a circular-section drum, on the lower and upper sides of which runs a sequence of small umbons.
22 cm high
Provenance: Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired in the early 2000s.
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