A reticulated white jade Mughal-style hanging vase and cover Late Qing dynasty | 清末 白玉痕都斯坦式佛教人物圖提梁蓋壺

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A reticulated white jade Mughal-style hanging vase and cover

Late Qing dynasty

顯赫典藏

清末 白玉痕都斯坦式佛教人物圖提梁蓋壺

delicately worked on one side to depict a luohan standing with a lion receiving an acolyte, below Avalokiteshvara flanked by a pair of acolytes, the reverse with two further manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, one riding a dragon and the other a phoenix, the integral swinging openwork bail handle ornately worked with acanthus leaves, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong Yuwan mark ('For the pleasure of the Imperial Qianlong Emperor'), the domed cover with flying bats and clouds below a finial of acanthus leaves securing loose rings, wood stand

31.8 cm