A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE SANCAI MODELS OF LION DOGS

A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE SANCAI MODELS OF LION DOGS

KANGXI 1662-1722

The beasts depicted with bulging eyes and their mouths agape, each stands on a leaf-shaped base with one front paw raised, one with a brocade ball, the other with a small pup at its feet, each with a paper label for Sydney L Moss Ltd, London, 9.5cm high. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Raymond Smith KBE (1917-2002) and Lady Smith (1918-1996).