Details
Comprising a figure of a warrior and a tiger, hardwood stand; a pair of Buddhist-lion-form joss stick holders; and a boy and lion group.
The tallest 918 in. (23.2 cm.) high
Provenance
All: The James E. Sowell Collection.

The first and second:
Rare Art Inc., New York.

The third:
The Collection of the Hon. Nellie Ionides, Buxted Park, no. 1067.
Christie's London, 17 June 2003, lot 117 (part).
Cohen & Cohen, London.
Literature
The first: M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 84, no. 3.6.
The second: M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 212, no. 15.8.
The third: M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 87, no. 4.2.
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