A CHINESE BRONZE MODEL OF A BUDDHIST LION DOG

A CHINESE BRONZE MODEL OF A BUDDHIST LION DOG
LATE MING DYNASTY

He holds a ribbon in his mouth and rests his front paw on a brocade ball, 5.4kg, 28cm.

Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel's death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.