A Chinese amethyst 'Buddhist Lions' water pot Qing dynasty, Qianlong period Deeply...
A Chinese amethyst 'Buddhist Lions' water pot
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Deeply carved as a pair of Buddhist lions playing with a brocade ball between them, the ball well-hollowed to form the water pot, the inclusions cleverly incorporated in the design, 8.8cm wide.
清乾隆 紫晶雕佛獅戲球紋水盂
Condition Report:
Expected inclusions and fissures to stone. A few nibbles to edges. Two small chips to the tail of the purple lion in correspondence of a gold flecked fissure, and a small chip which has been polished off to the side of the brocade ball.
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A Chinese amethyst 'Buddhist Lions' water pot
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Deeply carved as a pair of Buddhist lions playing with a brocade ball between them, the ball well-hollowed to form the water pot, the inclusions cleverly incorporated in the design, 8.8cm wide.
清乾隆 紫晶雕佛獅戲球紋水盂
Condition Report:
Expected inclusions and fissures to stone. A few nibbles to edges. Two small chips to the tail of the purple lion in correspondence of a gold flecked fissure, and a small chip which has been polished off to the side of the brocade ball.
