A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION AND CUB

A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION AND CUB
18TH CENTURY

The beast seated upright with its right front paw resting on a brocade ball, with a cub climbing up its back and peering over its left shoulder, with a wood stand, 18.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

The representation of a larger and a smaller Buddhist lion, dashi xiaoshi forms the pun, taishi shaoshi, meaning the auspicious wish 'May you and your descendants achieve high rank'.

十八世紀 竹雕獅子繡球擺件
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。