拍品 760
760
A FINE SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST STUPA

细节
A FINE SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST STUPA
QIANLONG

The stepped globular shrine finely enamelled with stylised lotus sprays below animal masks linked by strands of pendant beading on a bright turquoise ground, surmounted by a set of thirteen graduated Buddhist umbrellas flanked by gilt-bronze scrolls and below a cap with a flaming pearl, the stupa supported on a balustraded square base, the underside of the base incised with a four-character Qianlong mark (minor losses)
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) high

拍品专文

Compare with related larger examples of stupas, such as the cloisonne enamel and gilt-bronze models accommodating Buddhist figures included in the exhibition Buddhist Art from Rehol, illustrated in the Catalogue, nos. 77 and 79, and the cloisonne enamel pagoda illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne, The Pierre Uldry Collection, no. 279. In all three instances, the design of animal masks enhanced by beaded jewellery chains is similar to that on the present lot. This form of decoration may be traced to the ornate jewellery adorning Buddhist figures which probably formed the inspiration.

(US$10,000-13,000