A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE TURQUOISE, AUBERGINE AND OCHRE-GLAZED TILEWORKS FIGURES OF BUDDHISTIC LIONS ON STANDS MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) Each seated with head raised and mouth open in a roar, wearing a large belled collar, the female with a cub beneath her right paw, the male with his left paw resting atop a be-ribboned brocade ball, the end of the ribbon held in his mouth, each raised on a separate waisted plinth decorated with molded panels of horses between borders of lotus lappets 53 in. (134.6 cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE TURQUOISE, AUBERGINE AND OCHRE-GLAZED TILEWORKS FIGURES OF BUDDHISTIC LIONS ON STANDS MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) Each seated with head raised and mouth open in a roar, wearing a large belled collar, the female with a cub beneath her right paw, the male with his left paw resting atop a be-ribboned brocade ball, the end of the ribbon held in his mouth, each raised on a separate waisted plinth decorated with molded panels of horses between borders of lotus lappets 53 in. (134.6 cm.) high (2)
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