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北齊 石灰岩浮雕獅頭殘石
A Northern Qi limestone high-relief lion head fragment with traces of white layer and ochre pigment, naturalistically carved with expressive bulging eyes, flared nostrils, and grinning mouth. The piece comes set with a stepped wood stand.
- Medium
- the greyish stone with traces of a white layer and ochre pigment, naturalistically carved in the form of a lion head, set with bulging expressive eyes within thin brows, a broad snout with flared nostrils, above a wide grinning mouth closed with a cleft upper lip, all below raised pricked ears, stepped wood stand
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Monochrome III
April 22, 2021
Estimate: $600,000 – $800,000
Lot 28
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