A LARGE PARCEL-GILT COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE OF A SNOW LION, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

A LARGE PARCEL-GILT COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE OF A SNOW LION, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Tibet. The striding beast with a fierce expression, bulging eyes below flaming brows, the mouth revealing a set of sharp fangs below a ruyi shaped snout. The finely detailed flaming mane, tail, mouth, and bell nicely picked out. The head and body cast separately and joined with rivets.
Provenance
: From the private collection of Jan Finch. Jan Ellen Finch (1952-2021) was a celebrated art and antiques dealer who started out in Portobello Market during the 1980s. Her company Finch & Co became one of the best-known and most charismatic dealerships of the modern era. The firm's rigorously researched and hugely informative catalogs became the mainstay of many dealers' and collectors' libraries. Her private collection included numerous curiosities and rare examples of Asian and ethnographic art, European sculptures, and modern British art.
Condition
: Good condition, commensurate with age and the generally fragile nature of repousse works, with some old wear, minor tears and small losses, dents and nicks, minute cracks, some added pinholes for suspension, few malachite encrustations. Remnants of ancient pigment.
Weight: 2,590 g (excl. base), 5,600 g (incl. base)
Dimensions: Length 42.6 cm
Mounted to a modern metal base. (2)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 31 March 2005, lot 193
Price: USD 9,000 or approx.
EUR 13,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Gilt Copper Repousse Lion, Tibet, circa 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related pose and picked-out details. Note the related size (47 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams London, 14 May 2009, lot 159
Price: GBP 13,200 or approx.
EUR 24,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of gilt-copper repousse 'lion' panels, Tibet, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related motif. Note that the lot comprises two pieces of larger size (62.7 cm).
十七至十八世紀大型銅鎏金浮雕雪獅
西藏。神情凶狠的雪獅，火紅的眉毛下雙眼圓睜，鋒利的獠牙，如意形鼻子，脊梁挺直，黑色的火焰狀鬃毛，細節刻畫精緻。頭部和身體分開鑄造，並用鉚釘連接。
來源：
Jan Finch私人收藏。Jan Ellen Finch (1952-2021年) 曾是一位著名的藝術品及古董商，她於 1980 年代在波多貝羅市場起家。她的公司 Finch & Co 成為當代最著名且最具魅力的經銷商之一。該公司經過嚴格研究並提供大量信息的目錄成為許多經銷商和收藏家圖書館中的不可缺少的書籍。她的私人收藏包含亞洲和民族志藝術、歐洲雕塑和現代英國藝術，其中不乏奇珍異寶和稀有例子。
品相：
狀況良好，錘鍱作品普遍脆弱，有一些磨損、輕微撕裂和小缺損，可見凹痕和刻痕、微小裂縫、一些用於懸掛的額外針孔，少量孔雀石綠結殼，古代顏料的殘餘。
重量：2,590 克 (不含底座)，5,600 克 (含底座)
尺寸：長 42.6 厘米
現代金屬支架 (2)
拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2005年3月31日，lot 193
價格：USD 9,000（相當於今日
EUR 13,000
）
描述：十七世紀銅鎏金錘鍱獅牌
專家評論：比較非常相近的姿勢和細節。請注意相近尺寸 (47 厘米)。
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦邦瀚斯，2009年5月14日，lot 159
價格：GBP 13,200（相當於今日
EUR 24,500
）
描述： 十九世紀一對銅鎏金錘鍱獅牌
專家評論：比較相近的主題。請注意此牌為一對和尺寸 (62.7 厘米)較大。