A rare imperial gilt-bronze lion mask-and-ring handle, Yuan – Early Ming dynasty | 元至明初 鎏金銅獅面門環

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A rare imperial gilt-bronze lion mask-and-ring handle

Yuan – Early Ming dynasty

士紳珍藏

元至明初 鎏金銅獅面門環

heavily cast with a ferocious lion head with bulging eyes, bushy brows, large snout, small ears and horns, the wide grinning mouth clutching a loose ring handle, framed by a full set of curly mane, all on an octagonal base with four holes and a loop on the back for securing to a door, bronze stand

30.7 cm