Stone Lion From Kutch - Early 19th Century gifts This Buddha is black lacquered

This Buddha is black lacquered bronze with some remnants of original guilding and red lacquer on the base

softened by decades of use and natural ageing

A Blue & White Porcelain Meiping vase with fish design

The top and front are both made from single planks of teak

Stone Lion From Kutch - Early 19th Century gifts This Buddha is black lacqueredThis glorious pair of Indian lions date to the early 19th century. They originally would have stood on either side of an an entrance to a haveli in The Rann of Kutch. Their faces are delicately carved with remnants of layers of paint applied over many generations. Full of character and still retaining traces of old paint, this pair of carved stone lions would look equally good on either side of a doorway or in the garden. They're a rare thing to find