A HEAVY BRONZE ‘LION’ WEIGHT, MING DYNASTY China, 16th to 17th century. Massively cast in the form of a recumbent beast with legs tucked neatly under its robust body which is decorated with swirling scrolls, its backbone and ribs well defined, the mane neatly incised.

Provenance: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 1988. An old Austrian private collection, acquired from the above.
Published: Galerie Zacke, Feines altes Kunsthandwerk aus China und Japan, October 1988, p. 22-23, no. 43.
Condition: Good condition with minor nicks, dents, a fine natural patina, extensive old wear mostly to base, commensurate with age. The backside with an old fill.

Weight: 341.5 g
Dimensions: Length 6 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related bronze lion-form paperweight, dated to the 17th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 27 May 2014, lot 688, bought-in at an estimate of HKD 80,000-120,000.

明代銅獅鎮紙
中國， 十六至十七世紀。瑞獸俯臥，頭似乎搭在一個球上，身體矯健，脊椎和肋骨輪廓分明，鬃毛整齊地，張牙咧嘴，異常可愛。

來源：奧地利維也納Zacke藝廊，1988年。奧地利老收藏購於上述收藏。
出版：Zacke藝廊圖錄, Feines altes Kunsthandwerk aus China und Japan,1988年10月, 第22至23頁, 編號43。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微的劃痕、凹痕、良好的天然包漿，底座上有大量的磨損，與年齡相稱。 背面有舊時填充物。

重量: 341.5 克
尺寸：長 6 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近的銅獅鎮紙，十七世紀，見香港蘇富比2014年5月27日 lot 688, 估價HKD 80,000-120,000。