Measurements: Height: 76 cm Length: 44 cm Width: 37 cm Antique Chinese Zitan Carved Buddhist altar. Buddha stupa house cast in a hemispherical structure, ornate cylindrical bronze Buddha temple houses, with opening in the front, surrounded by cast skirts, beneath a monk headdress-shaped roof top. The shape of the stupa represents the Buddha, the crown is the top of the spire, the head is the square at the spires base, the body is the vase shape, the legs are the four steps of the lower terrace; and the base is his throne. Geometric tessellations that line the circumference. Buddha sits within the temple entrance assuming a meditative posture. Very fine craftsmanship can be seen throughout this one of a kind antique.