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Chinese, Ming Dynasty, early Qing Dynasty

A pair of monumental guardian lions. 17th century

Grey limestone. Each approx. 87 × 32 × 52 cm (34 ¼ × 12 ⅝ × 20 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Chinese, Ming Dynasty, early Qing Dynasty. A pair of monumental guardian lions. 17th century.

Estimate:

EUR 60,000

 

- 80,000

USD 73,800

 

- 98,400

Sold for:

75,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2018

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 31.05.2018

Information

Grey limestone. Each approx. 87 × 32 × 52 cm (34 ¼ × 12 ⅝ × 20 ½ in.). Catalogue raisonné: Mentioned in a text by Carl Blümel, Generaldirektion of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, as „Fou-Hunde aus der Ming-Zeit", dated 25 November 1953 (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Zentralarchiv, Restitution Mosse).

We would like to thank Dr. Petra Winter, Zentralarchiv of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, for kindly providing additional information regarding provenance..

Collection of the publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920), Berlin and Schloss Schenkendorf, Brandenburg (presumably there from approx. 1897) / heiress of the collection Emilie Mosse (1920–1924) / Hans and Felicitas Lachmann-Mosse (1924–1934) / 1952–2015 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Stiftung Prussian Kulturbesitz, inv. no. CH V 12 a/b (handed over in 1952 by the Grenzpolizei-Bereitschaft in Schenkendorf to the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (East)) / restituted in 2015 to the heirs of Rudolf Mosse

Ca. 1955–2000 Displayed at the East-Asian Art Collection at the Pergamon Museum, Museum Island Berlin / 2000–2009 Scientific Collection of the East-Asian Art Collection of the Asian Art Museum, Berlin-Dahlem