A CARVED BAMBOO-ROOT 'LION AND CUB' GROUP 17TH CENTURY |

masterfully carved to depict a ferocious lion with its head turned sharply backwards, depicted with a small cub clambering on its rounded body, each beast skilfully carved with tufts of hair flanking a crenulated spinal column terminating in a bushy tail, the group with a hollow body and richly patinated on the exterior to glossy stippled dark reddish-brown colour, wood stand