Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers

Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 348. A pair of blue and white buddhist lions Ming dnyasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀 青花瑞獅戯球擺件一對.

A pair of blue and white buddhist lions Ming dnyasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀 青花瑞獅戯球擺件一對

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A pair of blue and white buddhist lions

Ming dnyasty, 16th century

明十六世紀 青花瑞獅戯球擺件一對


modelled in mirror image, each bushy-tailed beast seated on a rectangular plinth with a front paw resting on a brocade ball, the head with bulging eyes and jaws open, turned sharply to the side and framed by a knobbly forehead surrounded with raised curls of fur

Height 22 cm, 8⅝ in.


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Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris, A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no. 300.

Jean-Paul Desroches編《Two Americans in Paris,A Quest for Asian Art》,2016年,巴黎,圖版300

From the Land of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Montréal, 17th November 2016 - 19th March 2017.

From the Land of Asia, Kimbell Art Museum, Texas, 4th March – 19th August 2018.

《From the Land of Asia》,Pointe-à-Callière 博物館,蒙特利爾,2016年11月17 - 2017年3月19日

《From the Land of Asia》,Kimbell美術館,德克薩斯,2018年3月4 - 8月19日