Lot 795
795
AN UNUSUAL JADE AND ENAMEL INSET GILT-BRONZE PAGODA

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AN UNUSUAL JADE AND ENAMEL INSET GILT-BRONZE PAGODA
18TH CENTURY

Of hexagonal section, with spinach-green jade plaques incised with either pine, prunus or bamboo below a thirteen-tiered tower inset with white jade and painted glass plaques, below an enamelled double-gourd supporting a crescent moon, the base with lotus lappet and key-fret borders infilled with turquoise and lapis coloured paste (losses infilled and replaced, tip of finial missing)
28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar example supported on a carved zitan galleried stand included in the exhibition, Buddhist Art from Rehol, is illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 204, no. 93.

(US$15,000-20,000)

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