A BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE 'BUDDHIST LION' VASE QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD the ovoid body raised on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, the shoulders set to each side with shallow relief-molded lion-mask handles suspending mock rings, brilliantly painted in deep tones of underglaze blue, with a large Buddhist lion seated beside lingzhi on one side, and a smaller lion beneath a willow tree on the other, with two lingzhi and floral sprays to the mouth Height 12 1/8 in., 30.7 cm
A BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE 'BUDDHIST LION' VASE QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD the ovoid body raised on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, the shoulders set to each side with shallow relief-molded lion-mask handles suspending mock rings, brilliantly painted in deep tones of underglaze blue, with a large Buddhist lion seated beside lingzhi on one side, and a smaller lion beneath a willow tree on the other, with two lingzhi and floral sprays to the mouth Height 12 1/8 in., 30.7 cm
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