W100xD50xH100mm, China
Chinese figurine of the lion are more often friendly and friendly rather then fierce, this might be because there are no lions originated from China. The image of lion was brought to China by word of mouth from traders of the Western Region, as a tribute from Persia to the Emperor and as the symbolic “suan ni” from the Buddhist culture. The worship of lion is thus mainly as a mystic protection of evil rather than the fierce forceful animal.
Black glaze pottery was first developed in China as early as the Jin dynasty (400 A.D.), it was a popular glazing in the Tong and Sung dynasty and further refined in the Qing dynasty.
Mountain Folkcraft 