Pair of Carved Soapstone Lions in the Asian Style

20th century, carved variegated smoky gray soapstone lions, seated with mouth open on a rectangular plinth.

6 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.

From the Collection of James Lee Burney, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Some scratches and chips to edges; one lion with loss to tail and crack to right hind leg.