Two Lions
Ink and colour on silk, unmounted.
Sold with a South African client at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 12 May 2025 (lot 267) for £1,408 (Estimate £2,000-3,000).
The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon
Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even
Possibly from one of the Huairen kilns, Shanxi province. The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, covered in
Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale
Possibly Ding or Huozhou kilns. The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored
Carved with a continuous scene of the sages and attendants beside a bridge in a rocky mountainous landscape, with wutong trees and retreats nestled into the