A Chinese Export Gilt Decorated Black Glazed Porcelain Figure of Fu Lion

19th Century

清晚期外銷黑地描金臥獅
the beast figure depicted recumbent with all four tucked, its head turned to the left and slightly raised, the mouth wide open revealing teeth. the rounded eyes between enlarge nostrils and bushy eyebrows, the neck and and the body covered in curled mane, the bi-furcated tail flicked to the side, detailes highlighted in gilt.

Length 8 1/2 in., 21.5 cm.

In overall good stable and attractive condition, with some minute regions with chipping to the glaze at the tail and forepaws, flake or loss at the underside, and rubbing to the gilding.

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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 Chinese Export Gilt Decorated Black Glazed Porcelain Figure of Fu Lion

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