A parcel-gilt bronze stand for the 'Five Sensory Offerings', Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century | 清十八/十九世紀 局部鎏金銅蓮座

A parcel-gilt bronze stand for the 'Five Sensory Offerings'

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

清十八/十九世紀 局部鎏金銅蓮座

heavily cast of cross shape with naturalistic high relief scrolling foliage, with five lotus originally supporting the now missing Buddhist 'Five Sensory Offerings’ consisting of a mirror, lute, perfumed conch shell, fruit and silk cloth, all supported on a ribbon-tied vase-shaped base

Width 31.5 cm, 12 3/8 in.