A GOOD CARVED WHITE JADE BUDDHIST LION GROUP LATE MING / QIN...

Hammer

£2,500

A GOOD CARVED WHITE JADE BUDDHIST LION GROUP
LATE MING / QING DYNASTY
白玉瑞狮把件 明末清初
modelled as two recumbent lions lying side by side 
8.7cm x 3.5cm x 5.8cm

PROVENANCE: Acquired from S. Marchant and Son, London, 1989 and with original receipt

NOTE: For a similar example sold at auction see:
Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Art, 20 March 2019, lot 580

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