Lot Essay
An almost identical enamel stupa is in the Yu Hua Ge (The Pavilion of Rain and Flowers), and is illustrated in Palaces of the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 191.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE ENAMEL STUPA
18TH CENTURY
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A RARE ENAMEL STUPA
18TH CENTURY
Raised on a stepped square base decorated with flower sprays below pairs of buddhistic lions confronted on double vajras on each side of the waist, the sides of the stupa with masks and pendent beaded garlands flanking a petal-shaped frame on one side enclosing a painted image of Buddha, all below the ribbed spire flanked by foliate scrolls below a canopy and 'jewel' finial, all executed in relief and enameled in a famille rose palette
10½ in. (26.8 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Raised on a stepped square base decorated with flower sprays below pairs of buddhistic lions confronted on double vajras on each side of the waist, the sides of the stupa with masks and pendent beaded garlands flanking a petal-shaped frame on one side enclosing a painted image of Buddha, all below the ribbed spire flanked by foliate scrolls below a canopy and 'jewel' finial, all executed in relief and enameled in a famille rose palette
10½ in. (26.8 cm.) high
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