PROPERTY FROM NICHOLAS GRINDLEY LLC A LARGE MARBLE ARCHITECTUAL FRAGMENT OF A LIONMing-Qing dynasty Formerly part of the architecture of a bridge, the hunched beast peering over the edge of its supporting rectangular base (to the waters below), with mouth open and a swirling mane, the low-relief tail flicked up over it's back; , with fitted stand. 14 x 26 x 22in (35 x 66 x 56cm) 明至清 大理石雕獅子像 See Luo Zhe-Wen, Zhongguo Guqiao (The Ancient Chinese Bridges) , Beijing 1993, no. 75, where the author illustrates the Dan Bridge in Hebei province built in 1632, and which is decorated with numerous marble lions to the bannisters and to the sides overlooking the river.