QIANLONG CAST SEAL MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
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AN UNUSUAL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
Qianlong Cast Seal Mark within a Square and of the Period
The slender, tapering body cast in high relief on two sides with Wuliangshoufo, Amitayus, seated in vajrasana atop a lotus supported by vapor, his hands in dhyanamudra holding a lotus vase, framed by an incised flame mandorla and set within a petal border, reserved against an incised ground of clouds interspersed with bats and auspicious emblems with raised borders of clouds above the foot and on the high shoulder, with a pair of gilded monster-mask and loose ring handles, two sides of the neck cast with a two-character inscription in Manchu
12½in. (31.8cm.) high
Qianlong Cast Seal Mark within a Square and of the Period
The slender, tapering body cast in high relief on two sides with Wuliangshoufo, Amitayus, seated in vajrasana atop a lotus supported by vapor, his hands in dhyanamudra holding a lotus vase, framed by an incised flame mandorla and set within a petal border, reserved against an incised ground of clouds interspersed with bats and auspicious emblems with raised borders of clouds above the foot and on the high shoulder, with a pair of gilded monster-mask and loose ring handles, two sides of the neck cast with a two-character inscription in Manchu
12½in. (31.8cm.) high