- 3365
AN AMBER FIGURE OF A LION QING DYNASTY |
Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 HKD
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Description
- 11.2 cm, 4 3/8 in.
finely carved in the round as a recumbent lion with its head turned to the right and holding a brocade ball with his front paws, the beast portrayed with a pair of ferocious eyes between thick eyebrows and a prominent snout, the body centred with a protruding spinal column flanked by tufts of hair and terminating in a bushy tail, the beast further adorned with ingot motifs echoed on the ball, the material of a rich translucent reddish-orange colour, wood stand