A PAIR OF FAHUA MODELS OF BUDDHIST LIONS AND CUBS, A FAHUA SQUARE SECTION VASE AND A FAHUA TEMPLE ATTENDANT AND LION GROUP
Ming Dynasty
Comprising: a pair of Buddhist lions seated on raised plinths decorated with ruyi patterns, variously facing left and right; a square section baluster vase decorated with flower sprays; a group with an attendant standing beside a lion resting on a brocade ball, supported on a double lotus-petal base.
The group: 20cm (7 7/8in) high (4).
Footnotes:
明 琺華太獅少獅一對, 琺華方瓶及琺華侍者佛獅像

Provenance: The attendant and lion: Gerald Kerin Ltd., London, 15 April 1966, (invoice)
The fahua vase and lions and cubs: William Clayton Ltd., London, 19 January 1967 (valuation for insurance)

Minor firing imperfections; general surface wear; scattered crackles to the glaze.

The pair of Buddhist lions: each with a drilled hole to the base; small chips and nicks to the extremities, the most notable ones to the heads of the lions.

The group of an attendant and a lion: losses and wear of the gilding to the face and hands of the attendant, with a drilled hole to the base.

The vase: small flakes, chips and nicks to the extremities, the most notable one to one of the handles flanked the neck approx. 1×0.5cm.