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Male Lion (fu-lion)

CultureChinese
DateKangxi period (1662-1722)
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 inches (74.93 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number72-29/3
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Provenance

Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928), Minneapolis, MN, by 1928;

Walker Art Galleries, Minneapolis, MN, 1928-1972;

Purchased at its sale, The Thomas Barlow Walker Collection of Antiquities and Oriental Works of Art, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, September 28, 1972, lot 841, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.



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