.jpg?w=1)
LATE QING DYNASTY
Details
A PAIR OF HARDSTONE-INLAID SILVER MODELS OF STUPAS
LATE QING DYNASTY
Each made in two sections in silver in imitation of a multi-leveled stupa, one with gilded highlights, each with turquoise and coral appliques, and various white jade elements including pendants, columns, and a ribbed tower surmounted by a pierced parasol hung with jade rings and coral pendants and surmounted by a finial of a crescent moon, sun and flame in hardstones, each with rectangular silver plaque cast with a Qianlong mark
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high overall with wood pedestals (2)
LATE QING DYNASTY
Each made in two sections in silver in imitation of a multi-leveled stupa, one with gilded highlights, each with turquoise and coral appliques, and various white jade elements including pendants, columns, and a ribbed tower surmounted by a pierced parasol hung with jade rings and coral pendants and surmounted by a finial of a crescent moon, sun and flame in hardstones, each with rectangular silver plaque cast with a Qianlong mark
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high overall with wood pedestals (2)
Provenance
Collection of Aron and Anaruth Gordon.