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* CHINA - END OF CHU KINGDOM, COMBATTING KINGDOM...

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* CHINA - END OF CHU KINGDOM, COMBATTING KINGDOM ERA (480 - 221 BC) / EARLY HAN Lacquered wood Figure standing on its four legs, open-mouthed and menacing. A lacquered wood figure of a lion China - late Chu Kingdom, late Warring States period (480 - 221 BC) 11 x 27 x 14.5 cm Drying and preservation treatment by the Arc-Nucléart laboratory, CEA, Grenoble Provenance : - Acquired on the Hong Kong market Reference : - Exhibited at the Musée des arts asiatiques de Nice as part of the exhibition Trésors de la Chine antique : Bois d'immortalité from December 13, 2008 to April 13, 2009