Agate bowl and saucer with gold stand and cover
Ruyi Wired by 80%-Gold Thread
The Plum Flower-Shaped Silver Cup
Gold earrings inlaid with pearls (a pair) |
Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty The gold-edged bowl is wide at the top and has a loop leg at the bottom, with a regular-script "fu" (fortune) character carved in intaglio on the inside bottom and the date mark "Qianlong Nian Zhi" (made in Qianlong Period) on the outside bottom. The round saucer has a gold edge, on which regular-script "fu" characters are carved in intaglio. There's a gold cover on top of the bowl that stands on a saucer with a high stand. Both the cover and the stand are engraved with such patterns as lotus petals and intertwining lotus branches that are inlaid with turquoises. The agate bowl was made in the Song Dynasty, and the gold cover, the high stand and the inscriptions were added to the original work during Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty. |
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