A GOOD LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE BUDDHIST LION GROUP

QIANLONG 1736-95

The larger recumbent lion dog turns her head to look at her puppy resting at her side, playing with a brocade ball and ribbons held in their mouths, their manes and tails finely detailed, the pale celadon stone of an even tone with some small russet markings, 14cm.

Provenance: by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020). From the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017), purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., 30th November 1966, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4th October 2016, lot 75, for a related white jade Buddhist lion carving; see also 8th November 2013, lot 1370, for a comparable example.