A pair of Chinese robin's-egg-glazed lions

19th century

The pair depicting a male lion with ball and female lion with cub climbing up its mother's paw. Sold with two associated wooden stands. (2).

H: 13 3/4, W: 6 1/4, D: 5 1/8 in. (H: 34.93, W: 15.88, D: 13.02 cm. (each, overall))

Provenance: Private estate, Rancho Mirage, California. The late collector owned an antique business in San Francisco. His primary interest was Asian antiquities. Lot 33 to 35, Lot 125 to 146, and Lot 193 to 204 are from the same collector.

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Both attached to wooden stands and areas of firing cracks; one with loose eyeball; other with chip to mane and glaze chip to chest.