北齊六 / 七世紀 石灰石雕瑞獅頭像

boldly carved as the head of a lion, rendered with large prominently bulging eyes below thick brows incised with swirls, the snout with large flared nostrils with wide whiskers on the sides, the head flanked by a pair of small pointed ears, the stone of a slightly variegated grey colour, stand

Jacques and Galila Hollander 伉儷收藏，布魯塞爾（始藏於七十和八十年代）

As clearly visible in the catalogue photo, this is a fragmentary piece, with bruising to the peripheries including the left ear, and losses to the edges lower jaw, but the principle structural features of the lion's head are well preserved.
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