A LARGE PARCEL-GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE OF A SNOW LION, 17TH-18TH CENTURYTibet. The striding beast with a fierce expression, bulging eyes below flaming brows, the mouth revealing a set of sharp fangs below a ruyi shaped snout. The finely detailed flaming mane, tail, mouth, and bell nicely picked out. The head and body cast separately and joined with rivets.Provenance: From the private collection of Jan Finch. Jan Ellen Finch (1952-2021) was a celebrated art and antiques dealer who started out in Portobello Market during the 1980s. Herpany Finch & Co became one of the best-known and most charismatic dealers of the modern era. The firm’s rigorously researched and hugely informative catalogs became the mainstay of many dealers’ and collectors’ libraries. Her private collection included numerous curiosities and rare examples of Asian and ethnographic art, European sculptures, and modern British art.Condition: Good condition,mensurate with age and the generally fragile nature of repoussé works, with some old wear, minor tears and small losses, dents and nicks, minute cracks, some added pinholes for suspension, few malachite encrustations. Remnants of ancient pigment.Weight: 2,590 g (excl. base), 5,600 g (incl. base)Dimensions: Length 42.6 cmMounted to a modern metal base. (2)Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s New York, 31 March 2005, lot 193Price: USD 9,000 or approx.EUR 13,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Gilt Copper Repoussé Lion, Tibet, circa 17th centuryExpert remark:pare the closely related pose and picked-out details. Note the related size (47 cm).Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: London, 14 May 2009, lot 159Price: GBP 13,200 or approx.EUR 24,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A pair of gilt-copper repoussé 'lion' panels, Tibet, 19th centuryExpert remark:pare the related motif. Note that the lotprises two pieces of larger size (62.7 cm).十七至十八世紀大型銅鎏金浮雕雪獅西藏。神情凶狠的雪獅，火紅的眉毛下雙眼圓睜，鋒利的獠牙，如意形鼻子，脊梁挺直，黑色的火焰狀鬃毛，細節刻畫精緻。頭部和身體分開鑄造，並用鉚釘連接。