Hey Julia,

Thanks, me too. Its funny, this big pile I got is like standing in a gallery and there's a Picasso, a Renoir, and a Van Dyke, its like which one catches whose eye first, there's a bunch of other things I will post but the big boy and the scroll weight caught my eye first... haha.

Jeremy

Hey George,

I have no doubt about that.  I will certainly keep you apprised.

Jeremy

If you ever put your Big Boy up for adoption, I would make an excellent Foster parent.

George

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/st-george-street-sale-asian-art/lot.438.html

And I did find this ubsurdly expensive beast with much better everything (gilding, casting, provenance)... except stance and face(imo...).

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5298007

Hey George,

Thanks, I really like him too.

I appreciate the help, I will look into 18th/19th rather than 17th/18th.....  I just had to look he was only $250.... haha crazy, I totally thought I'd have spent more.  It was kinda a last minute deal on a bunch of things at the sale.  I think the lot with the scroll weight and some other stuff was double that, there was of course so random Japanese pieces on my bill... I couldn't help myself.

Jeremy

I like him.

George

I probably should put these in the ID section but at least the unknown one, but he's going to be living with me for a while so I suppose I will eventually find a comp.

I scooped up a bunch of bronzes at a local auction a few weeks ago, the big lion was listed as Japanese, but I am fairly certain it is 17th/18th century Chinese.

The small lion is a scroll weight, still some gilding there as well as a few dings and dents, for which I have found three comps, and he is 17th century, Ming/Qing.  He is cool and seemingly valuable, but my heart is in the other... who for some reason I can only refer to as "big boy", I hope he doesn't mind the name.

Big boy is ferocious, and yet sorta cute, gilt splashed bronze.  There are possibly a few repairs to it, and definitely quite a bit of wear to the most exposed areas.  But dang he has a heck of a tail, and very imposing teeth.

He's pretty large at 30cm long, and roughly 24cm high. The weight is ~6.2cm as are the comps.

If anyone has any ideas on Big boy feel free to let me know.  And I'll add to this if I find anything else out about them.

Cheers,

Jeremy

and the scroll weight:

https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0539-lot-521406

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/chinese-ceramics-works-of-art-collections-hk0520/lot.688.html?locale=en

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/important-chinese-art-l16210/lot.268.html