The fierce beast cast in three sections,to comprise a head with snarling open mouth, fiercely glaring eyes beneath scrolled bushy eyebrows, and large pendant ears, a body, cast standing foursquare, with ribbons and flames rising up to the shoulders from the clawed feet, and a chased and pierced tail, which is also separately cast, rising and flaring behind, the patina overall of rich dark tone此香薰取精铜为材，选材考究，包浆古朴。仿生造型，以雄狮为仿生对象狮子强壮健硕，肌体线条丰满， 狮尾蓬松，其下鬃尾丝丝飘曳，狮爪锋芒坚利，狮头肥耳飘坠，眼球怒睁，宽鼻翘展，大嘴横启，为出香口。 狮子在中国古代是祥瑞之兽，狻猊是狮子的古称，除了“龙九子”名目中说它属于龙族之外，其他地方皆 是指狮子，由于其平生喜静不喜动，好坐，又喜欢烟火，佛祖见它有耐心，便收在坐下当了坐骑，因此佛 座上和香炉上的脚部装饰就是它的造像。