A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MALE BUDDHIST LION DOG AND STAND.

Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

Naturalistically modelled, with the front right paw raised above a gilt ball, the fur rendered over the body with waving cloisons in turquoise and lapis blue, its eyes and mouth wide open and moulded curls over the head heightened in gilt, a raised collar extending across the beast’s chest, suspending a bell from a lion head mask and two further freely hanging pendants, tied with an elaborate knot over the back above a coiled tail, the rectangular stepped base with each side set with lotus patterns within a gilt lappet border, the top decorated in simulation of a diamond-shaped cloth with a honeycomb floral pattern, 27cm H, total 36cm H. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Thomas Child (1841 – 1898) and his family, thence by descent.

清十九世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯佛獅連座

來源：Thomas Child (1841 – 1898) 家族私人收藏，後傳承至今。

An English photographer and engineer best known for his pioneering photography work in China. Child produced a large body of photographs during his time in Beijing in the 1870s and 1880s, a time when virtually no other photographers operated in the city. During the two decades he spent in China, Child compiled the earliest comprehensive photographic catalogue of the customs, architecture, and people of late Qing dynasty Beijing.

Child returned to England in 1889 with his family, except for his eldest son Alfred, also employed with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, who stayed behind in Beijing as his father's successor. Child formally retired from the Customs service the following year.

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