CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL STUPA QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯尊勝塔 of Tibetan style, raised on a waisted square pedestal enamelled with lotus lappets, the dome-shaped stupa decorated with lotus and scrolling tendrils underneath a festoon of beads and a band of mythical beast heads, opening to a side with yellow-silk padded shrine set within arched niche and lotus throne, raised to a fifteen-wheeled spire and parasol, topped with a hardstone-inlaid sun-moon finial and pinnacle (31cm high; 1663g) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private European collection Note: Compare to a larger cloisonné enamel stupa, 66.6cm high, dated to Qianlong period, with circular stepped pedestal with steps leading towards the shrine, in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, accession no. F1991.6; Also see a pair of cloisonné enamel stupa, 18th-19th century, offered at Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 328, note the similarity of the mythical beast heads and festoon bands on the globular bumpa; See another larger and more elaborate example, dated to Qianlong period, in the collection of the Met Museum, accession no. 33.40.67.