The substantial stone skilfully worked in the form of three nuzzling Buddhist lions,each rendered with round bulging eyes below thick brows and mane defined in tight curls,its back with well-pronounced bosses along the spine terminating in a bushy tail,the smaller cub potrayed endearingly resting its front paws on the back of the elder lion,the latter with one paw on a brocade ball with a long ribbon depicted trailing along the underside,the stone of a pale celadon-tinged white colour with faint icy and grey inclusions.