A PAIR OF IMPERIAL GILT AND ENAMEL PORCELAIN ALTAR ORNAMENTS

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A PAIR OF IMPERIAL GILT AND ENAMEL PORCELAIN ALTAR ORNAMENTS
GILT QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Moulded as a Buddhist wheel of law standing on a spreading plinth with lotus petals in high relief, all in imitation of a gilt-bronze or gold original, the reticulated wheel at the centre enriched with turquoise, coral and sapphire-blue enamels to simulate their hardstone counterparts, the mandorla surround relief moulded with Lamaist iconography (tiny nicks to extremities and edges, bases may have been restuck)
11 in. (28 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A similar example in The National Palace Museum, Taibei, was included in the Special Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, 1981, Catalogue, no. 74; another but with a Jiaqing mark in the Weishaupt Collection is illustrated by Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure, fig. 1. Compare also with the Jiaqing example sold in these Rooms, 4 November 1996, lot 747.

(US$24,000-28,000)

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