A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE VERTE LARGE BUDDHIST LIONS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each seated with heads turned and mouths open in a ferocious stare, one with a cub clambering up towards its chest, the other with a brocade ball in its paw, each atop a rectangular base painted with blue prunus and auspicious objects on a background of green 'cracked ice'
17 1⁄4 in. (43.7 cm.) high
A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE VERTE LARGE BUDDHIST LIONS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each seated with heads turned and mouths open in a ferocious stare, one with a cub clambering up towards its chest, the other with a brocade ball in its paw, each atop a rectangular base painted with blue prunus and auspicious objects on a background of green 'cracked ice'
17 1⁄4 in. (43.7 cm.) high
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