A Large Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Figures of Fu Lions

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清/民國素三彩佛獅塑坐一對
depicted seated upright, the female and male each resting one clawed front paw on a cub and reticulated ball, respectively. The yellow bodies dappled in black suggesting coarse coats, with long manes of conical curls descending from the crown of the head to furls at the tail, having wide open mouths bearing fangs, broad snouts, and large movable eyes; each wearing a ribbon collar beaded with gilt double gourds ornaments, their muscular shoulders and hindquarters decorated with spurts of flame wisps. Each raised above a rectangular stand painted on all sides with flowers and butterflies against a black ground.

Height of each lion 27 1/4 in., 69 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

1974

Height of stand 11 in., 28 cm.

One stand with restorations at the corners, one eye with a chip, and one eye replaced with painted wood.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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A Large Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Figures of Fu Lions

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