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A cream soapstone 'Lion with Cubs' group 18th Century image 1
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Lot 51

A cream soapstone 'Lion with Cubs' group
18th Century

15 March 2021, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$9,562.50 inc. premium

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A cream soapstone 'Lion with Cubs' group

18th Century
The large central figure of a seated maned-lion with its head turned to look over its back whilst five playful cubs clamber in a swirling motion over, around and under the beast; with a wood stand.
5in (12.6cm) high

Footnotes

十八世紀 壽山石雕太獅少獅擺件

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1985

LITERATURE
Spink & Son, Ltd, The Minor Arts of China II, London, 1985, no. 220

來源
Spink & Son Ltd., 倫敦, 1985年

出版
Spink & Son, Ltd, The Minor Arts of China II, 倫敦, 1985年, 圖錄編號220

For a smaller and later Qing example of a Buddhist lion group with cubs clambering all around the beast, see Sotheby's, New York, 24 June 2020, lot 1044, and and even smaller carving sold at Christie's, London, 15 May 2008, lot 320.

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