DEHUA BUDDHISTIC LION SEAL AND SIMILAR FIGURE, KANGXI PERIOD

DEHUA BUDDHISTIC LION SEAL AND SIMILAR FIGURE, KANGXI PERIOD, both showing the creature seated on hind legs and with head raised and turned to the side, the uncut seal on a square base; the other figure with a leaf-shaped base with traces of red pigment, 8cm & 6.5cm high Provenance: The Collection of Dr Bernard Watney, Bonhams London, 13th May 2010, part of lot 306. Note: See Donnelly, P.J., Blanc de Chine, London 1969, pl.67C & 114A. For comparables to P128 see John Ayers, The Royal Collection, 2016, no's 71-74.