RARE HORLOGE MURALE EN BRONZE DORE ET INCRUSTATIONS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The baluster vase is inset with a clock within cast floral grounds embellished with red, blue, green and pink glass and semi-precious stones, with a branch issuing from the mouth rim. The flat back is finely incised with scrolling lotus, and the base is fixed to a silver-inlaid wood stand; few inlays replaced.
9 in. (23 cm.) high, excluding the wood stand
RARE HORLOGE MURALE EN BRONZE DORE ET INCRUSTATIONS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The baluster vase is inset with a clock within cast floral grounds embellished with red, blue, green and pink glass and semi-precious stones, with a branch issuing from the mouth rim. The flat back is finely incised with scrolling lotus, and the base is fixed to a silver-inlaid wood stand; few inlays replaced.
9 in. (23 cm.) high, excluding the wood stand