I.18
Palace Vajra

Inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze, with gold (cloisonné); with a flat lip, flat foot, and flat foot rim; decorated on each main side with an identical design of a double vajra with a yinyang symbol at its centre, surrounded by formalized clouds within a quatrefoil frame, the panels surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the neck with a band of formalized lingzhi; the exterior exposed metal all gilt
Palace workshops, Beijing, 1715–1770
Height: 6.0 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.81/1.55 cm
Stopper: gilt bronze, chased with a formalized floral design

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner, 2003