Tang Dynasty Marble Lion Antiques Roadshow

A woman brings in a marble lion sculpture from the tang dynasty and the appraiser is overcome by what he s looking at.

Tang dynasty marble lion antiques roadshow.

Tang dynasty marble lion from vintage albuquerque. When a woman brought a marble lion statue to the show s location she knew a little bit of history about the piece. Tang dynasty marble lion from vintage albuquerque. The white marble chinese lion was carved between 618 and 907 a d.

Antiques roadshow appraiser is overcome by emotion when he sees a marble lion from the tang dynasty. Freestanding sculptures from this period are rare and even rarer are those of this exceptional quality and carved from marble. Additional funding is. The statue was passed down to her mother and then she inherited it.

Her grandparents traveled to china many years ago and brought back an extremely heavy marble statue. Lark mason senior vice president of sotheby s appraised the item at 250 000 and said he was almost speechless when confronted with the item. Funding for antiques roadshow is provided by liberty mutual insurance ancestry and consumer cellular. Woman brings in lion statue so rare that appraiser gets emotional in assessment.

Tang dynasty marble lion vintage albuquerque preview youtube. A tang dynasty large and rare white marble carving of a bodhisattva previously held in the cleveland museum of art also reached 740 000 estimate 600 800 000. Featured 10 03 2019 in feels. A lady brought her antique to get appraised at the antiques roadshow in albuquerque new mexico.

The values given by the experts on antiques roadshow are considered verbal. Tang dynasty marble lion season 21 episode 19 wnmu skip to main content. She didn t have any expectations. Mason s antiques roadshow appraisal of this tang dynasty marble lion from greatest finds.

Antiques roadshow appraisal. Appraisers on hand at the taping of the antiques roadshow television program were overwhelmed when a new mexico woman brought in a rare chinese marble figure.