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Lot 1026
A Pair of Chinese Tibetan Snow Lion Sculptures
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, an impressive pair of large Tibetan snow lions in full armor, with helmet around their heads, stylized covering with raised dots to their body and decorative leg coverings, mouths open bearing their teeth and tongues, Tibetan snow lions are a celestial animal emblem for Tibet that embodies power and protection.

14.25 x 14 x 7 in.

Wear and rubbing to surface; some corrosion and loss to edges; some chips to edges; chip with loss to tongue of one lion; head slightly loose to neck on one.