A PALE GREEN JADE 'BUDDHIST LION AND CUB' CARVING18th centuryCarved with a recumbent lion with the right forepaw resting on a brocade ball, its head turned gently to the right, detailed with large rounded eyes framed by finely incised bushy brows above a ruyi-shaped snout, its mane detailed with rows of tight ringlets, overlapping tufts of hair extending down the gently curved spine, terminating in a full bushy tail pricked up to rest against its haunch, with a small, similarly carved cub clambering up its back, the stone of a pale celadon green tone.10cm (4in) wideProvenance: 十八世紀 青白玉太師少師繡球擺件Provenance:Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1981A South African private collection來源：倫敦古董商 Spink & Son Ltd., 1981年南非私人收藏