An amber figure of a lion, Qing dynasty

Lot 3365. An amber figure of a lion, Qing dynasty; 11.2 cm, 4 3/8  in. Estimate: 90,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 125,000 HKD (43,052 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

finely carved in the round as a recumbent lion with its head turned to the right and holding a brocade ball with his front paws, the beast portrayed with a pair of ferocious eyes between thick eyebrows and a prominent snout, the body centred with a protruding spinal column flanked by tufts of hair and terminating in a bushy tail, the beast further adorned with ingot motifs echoed on the ball, the material of a rich translucent reddish-orange colour, wood stand.