The lions stand on leaf-shaped bases, the female with a cub, the male with a brocaded ball. The famille verte decoration is enamelled on the biscuit with green bodies, the male almost camellia leaf colour, the female nearer a lime green, their manes and tails enamelled in yellow and aubergine.

These were the first porcelains bought by the Duberlys.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 75

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from S.L. Moss, 26 August 1947 (£22)

Location: Not on display