A gilded bronze lotus base. 16th/17th century
A gilded bronze lotus base. 16th/17th century
A gilded bronze lotus base in shape of a large lotus above a base of lotus petals, the top sealed with a wooden board. 16th/17th century.
Height 12.2 cm
Provenance
Private collection of a German railroad engineer, who lived in China before 1914, and hence by descent