A carnelian agate carving of a recumbent lion
Ming Dynasty or earlierThe beast carved with its legs tucked underneath the body and its tail sweeping along its back leg, its ears flicked back and bulging eyes below a pair of thick eyebrows, above a ruyi-shaped nose, the stone of red and brown tone with some dark grey inclusions, box. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) wide. (2).