The Dr Grice Collection Of Chinese Bamboo And Scholars’ Objects - 10th November 2026
Lot 28
A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION AND CUB
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000
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Description
A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION AND CUB
18TH CENTURY
The recumbent beast with an open mouth and curled mane, with its bushy tail raised and turning back towards the cub at its side, 33cm.
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, understood as the auspicious wish 'May you and your descendant achieve high rank'.
十八世紀 竹雕少獅太獅擺件
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。