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dehua buddhist lion 17th c
dehua buddhist lion 17th c
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A Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of a buddhist lion – 17th Century

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Seated on a rectangular plinth with one foreleg raised over a brocade ball. The head with bared teeth is turned upward and the mane and spine applied with sprig-moulded locks of hair and smaller curls. It has a collar of bells and tassle around the neck. With a tube for holding an incense stick.

 

Period: 17th Century

Size: Height 26.5 cm

Condition: Part of the collar has been knocked off, chips to the upturned curls on the tail, cracks and firing faults from manufacturing, no repairs found under UV-light.

Provenance: From a Swedish private collection

SKU: 167

References: There are two related buddhist lions in the Hickley Collection illustrated in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, A Catalogue of the Hickley Collection, Singapore, Rose Kerr & John Ayers, 2002, plates 90, 91.