A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BUDDHISTIC LIONS ON STANDS...
Each famille verte lion seated with its head turned and mouth open, the female modeled with a cub clambering up towards her chest, the male with a brocade ball articulated to spin under his paw, each atop a rectangular base with impressed fan-shaped reserves at the sides, painted with flowering lotus
121⁄4 in. (31.1 cm.) high
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 December 1985, lot 263.
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Each famille verte lion seated with its head turned and mouth open, the female modeled with a cub clambering up towards her chest, the male with a brocade ball articulated to spin under his paw, each atop a rectangular base with impressed fan-shaped reserves at the sides, painted with flowering lotus
121⁄4 in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 December 1985, lot 263.
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