A VERY RARE GILT-DECORATED SEMI-OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOWL QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER GILT MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The deep, rounded sides rise to a slightly everted rim and are decorated on the exterior with four of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the Wheel, the Canopy, the Conch and the Umbrella, in two tones of gold surrounded by flower scroll with feathery leaves, and the interior is decorated with a five-clawed dragon protecting a flaming pearl in the center below four further dragons racing with jaws wide open amidst clouds in the well. 6 ½ in. (16.4 cm.) diam., box Provenance Private collection, Sweden. Bukowski's, Stockholm, late 1990s.
A VERY RARE GILT-DECORATED SEMI-OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOWL QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER GILT MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The deep, rounded sides rise to a slightly everted rim and are decorated on the exterior with four of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the Wheel, the Canopy, the Conch and the Umbrella, in two tones of gold surrounded by flower scroll with feathery leaves, and the interior is decorated with a five-clawed dragon protecting a flaming pearl in the center below four further dragons racing with jaws wide open amidst clouds in the well. 6 ½ in. (16.4 cm.) diam., box Provenance Private collection, Sweden. Bukowski's, Stockholm, late 1990s.
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