‘TWO BUDDHIST LIONS WITH WINDSWEPT MANES’, DATED 1784, PREVIOUSLY IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND

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‘TWO BUDDHIST LIONS WITH WINDSWEPT MANES’, DATED 1784, PREVIOUSLY IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND On loan: National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2003-2025 (confirmed by the assistant curator, east Asia, via email). China. Ink and watercolors on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll within a silk brocade frame with wooden roller ends. Finely painted, depicting two lions with windswept manes standing before a moon rising from rocky outcrops. Each lion is rendered with bulging eyes above a broad nose flanked by pointed ears, and muscular bodies with large paws accentuated by chunky white toes. The upper lion is distinguished by a brownish-red mane, while the lower lion displays a curly blue mane, both rendered in a dynamic pose with hypnotizing gaze. Inscriptions: To the upper left, ‘Tenth day of the eighth month in the year of Jiachen of the Qianlong reign (corresponding to 1784), painted by Shen Quan, courtesy name of Nanping Waishi’ with two seal marks, ‘Shen Quan zhi yin’ and ‘Nan ping shi’. A third illegible seal to the lower right corner. Dimensions: Image size 163.4 x 53.3 cm, Size incl. Frame 287 x 71 cm

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