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A PUDDINGSTONE FIGURE OF A LION, TANG DYNASTY
奥地利 北京时间
10月17日 下午5点 开拍
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A PUDDINGSTONE FIGURE OF A LION, TANG DYNASTY

China. 618-907. The lion seated on its haunches atop a rectangular plinth, its bushy tail curled around its feet. The upper body propped up on its muscular forelegs, its head turned to the right with large, bulging eyes, a finely carved curling mane, and mouth open revealing its sharp teeth.

The stone a natural conglomerate of variously colored pebbles suspended in a grey silica matrix.

Provenance: The private collection of Francis Morrissey. A private collector from North America, acquired from the above. Francis X. Morrissey, Jr. (b. 1942), was the eldest son of Francis Xavier Morrissey, a Massachusetts attorney who served as a judge on the Boston Municipal Court from 1958 to 1980, and was John F. Kennedy's secretary when JFK served as a congressman and senator. Francis Jr. graduated from Harvard and followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a lawyer. He has served as an admiralty attorney, an estate planner, and a CIA consultant, representing a wide array of important clients. He is perhaps best known for his involvement and conviction in the notorious Brooke Astor case.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, age cracks, small losses and chips, scratches.

Weight: 5,276 g
Dimensions: Height 23 cm

Lion figures from the Tang dynasty in puddingstone are among the earliest examples of using this material in Chinese art. The term "puddingstone" refers to various naturally occurring conglomerates made up of pebbles held together by sedimentary or siliceous rock, named for their appearance, which resembles raisin pudding. The present figure is carved from limestone conglomerate, a material with a long history of imperial appreciation. Limestone conglomerate carvings were collected by the Qianlong Emperor and likely inspired the incorporation of the material into the palace architecture of the Forbidden City.

Lions are not native to China, and although live animals were brought to the Chinese court by foreign embassies since at least the Han dynasty, they were always exotic rarities. In India, the lion is intimately associated with Buddhism, considered a symbol of strength and protector of the Dharma, the Buddhist law, and with the growing popularity of the Buddhist religion during the Tang dynasty, pairs of lion figures were increasingly placed in front of Buddhist temple gates as guardian animals. The lion is well represented in Buddhist art of the Tang dynasty. Its roar was said to represent the dissemination of the Buddhist scriptures.

Literature comparison:
Compare a pair of closely related puddingstone Guardian lions, 21 cm high, dated to the 8th century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession numbers 2008.23.1-2.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1182
Price: USD 52,500 or approx. EUR 60,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small puddingstone figure of a lion, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, and manner of carving. Note the different pose and the size (14.3 cm).

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