A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC SILVER AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE 'LION' CENSER AND COVER 18TH CENTURY finely cast as a Buddhist lion standing on all fours, the head forming the cover, hinged below the chin, with a ferocious facial expression, its mouth wide open exposing sharp fangs with bulbous eyes and furrowed brows beneath a pointed horn, with long tasseled mane, inlaid overall with archaistic qilong and scrolls on a leiwen ground 35.5cm.; 14½in.
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC SILVER AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE 'LION' CENSER AND COVER 18TH CENTURY finely cast as a Buddhist lion standing on all fours, the head forming the cover, hinged below the chin, with a ferocious facial expression, its mouth wide open exposing sharp fangs with bulbous eyes and furrowed brows beneath a pointed horn, with long tasseled mane, inlaid overall with archaistic qilong and scrolls on a leiwen ground 35.5cm.; 14½in.
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