base en bronze doré, émaux champlevés et plaques de jade chine, dynastie qing, XVIIIE siècle

de forme rectangulaire reposant sur quatre pieds cabriolets en coins se terminant en têtes de ruyi, à décor de frises de rinceaux fleuris alternant avec frises de pétales imitant des incrustations de turquoise, le rebord délicatement souligné d'une frise de grecques et rythmé de dix petites colonnettes réunies entre elles par une balustrade formée de fines plaques en jade

Four of the thin jade plaques are broken but the pieces are there.The jade plaques all show traces of fine gold painting. Two of the small gilt bronze stiles are loose. the gilding to the interior of the stand is worn in the center. There are losses overall to the champleve inlay. The stand is slightly wobbly.
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Compare a gilt-metal stand embellished with a lavish design inlaid with turquoise, lapis lazuli and coral supporting a sutra box and cover, formerly in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Imperial Packing Art of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2000, cat.no. 76.