A PARCEL-GILT EMBELLISHED BRONZE STUPA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 銅局部鎏金嵌寶佛塔

A PARCEL-GILT EMBELLISHED BRONZE STUPA

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 銅局部鎏金嵌寶佛塔

the square stepped lower base decorated to each side with the ‘Three Jewels’ flanked by addorsed snow lions between two registers of stylised floral scrolls, surmounted by a rounded bumpa raised on a three-tiered base adorned with beaded jewel garlands and semi-precious stone inlay, the conical sphere framed by two appendages, topped with a parasol in open work and a finial representing the crescent moon and sun

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Height 40.7 cm, 16 in.