ID 495013
Lot 822 | A VERY LARGE AND MASSIVE HARDSTONE-INLAID GILT-BRONZE STUPA
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
19TH CENTURY OR LATER
The stepped square base is decorated with a double vajra between a pair of lions on each side of the waist, supporting the stepped plinth and the domed mid-section with a niche framed by nimbus and aureole. The sides are cast with animal masks suspending beaded garlands, all below a rising spire decorated with Sanskrit scripture and flanked by scrolled ribbons, surmounted by a crescent moon and sun finial at the top. The decorations are embellished with jade, lapis lazuli, turquoise and aventurine glass.
69 in. (157.3 cm. ) high, hongmu stand
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