Lot 73
SPINACH JADE GHANTA
QIANLONG MARK BUT LATER
Auction: 25 November 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£500
Description
乾隆款 碧玉雕金剛鈴
carved with a central Vairocana head crowned with a five-leaf diadem, set below a vajra-shaped terminal, followed by a knob inscribed with four-character Qianlong mark, the apex of the bell decorated with a border of petal lappets enclosing lança characters, the body of the bell decorated with a band of suspending dharma wheels and tassels between a border of upright vajra sceptres to base and a band of horizontal vajra sceptres to shoulder, the stone of dark green colour with black inclusions
Dimensions
18.2cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private Paris collection