PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE BUDDHIST LIONS LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 銅鑄佛獅連座一對 each cast seated on their haunches, the male lion with its right front paw resting on a brocade ball, and a matching female with a cub beneath its left paw, both with powerful jaws and a fierce expression beneath the tightly scrolling manes and bell and tassel-ornamented bands across their broad chests, each with associated rectangular stands modelled with brocade covers (34cm high each; 1020g and 1110g) Qty: (2) Note: A comparable pair of Buddhist lions without stand, also dated to the Qing dynasty, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2013, lot 3582.