Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A CHINESE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF TWO BUDDHIST LION CUBS
QING DYNASTY

4.8cm.

The animals recline together gazing back at each other, with finely incised hair to their manes and curled tails, the pale stone with areas of opaque russet and brown inclusions.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from the London trade between the 1990s and 2000s.