A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENAMELLED RUBY-RED GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BUDDHIST STUPA QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The shrine is superbly modelled and enamelled against a brilliant ruby-red ground with stylised lotus blooms borne on multi-hued vines issuing smaller flowers below monster masks linked by pendant beaded chains, surmounted by a lotus-lappet pedestal supporting a set of thirteen graduated Buddhist umbrellas, each tier with a narrow floral band, set atop with a skirted cap with a ribboned Buddhist emblem of the vase, the stupa supported on a square base decorated with bands of lappets and floral scrolls on a green ground (upper tip of vase broken and restuck) 17 1/4 in. (44 cm.) high
A VERY RARE AND FINELY ENAMELLED RUBY-RED GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BUDDHIST STUPA QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The shrine is superbly modelled and enamelled against a brilliant ruby-red ground with stylised lotus blooms borne on multi-hued vines issuing smaller flowers below monster masks linked by pendant beaded chains, surmounted by a lotus-lappet pedestal supporting a set of thirteen graduated Buddhist umbrellas, each tier with a narrow floral band, set atop with a skirted cap with a ribboned Buddhist emblem of the vase, the stupa supported on a square base decorated with bands of lappets and floral scrolls on a green ground (upper tip of vase broken and restuck) 17 1/4 in. (44 cm.) high
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