Tang Dynasty or later The muscular lion carved seated on its hind legs with extended forelegs and bulging chest, the head turned slightly to its left with a ferocious expression and bulging eyes, the back covered with curling mane, its tail swished to one side. 15cm (5 7/8in) high.Footnotes唐或以後 石雕坐獅 A related figure of a lion, Tang dynasty, is illustrated by Trubner, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, no.41; See another in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, illustrated by O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture: From the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, pl.435D.