Lot 2713
2713
A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA
A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA
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A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA

QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA
QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each plaque is moulded in clay and decorated in gilt and red lacquer depicting Buddhist deities, all on lotus stands and against a mandorla. Each plaque, with the exception of the largest plaque, bears an inscription on the back identifying the deity in Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese.
The largest: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 277

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Lot Essay

Small votive plaques such as the present lot are known in Tibetan as tsha tsha. They were made to serve as pilgrims' souvenirs, portable shrines and to be inserted into large stupas to enhance sacredness. Several complete sets of 360 plaques were found inside the garden of Cining gong, the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, in the Forbidden City, Beijing. Some were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor in 1749, as discussed by Luo Wenhua in the introduction of Eulogies to the Sacred Images of the Buddhas and Boddhisattvas, Beijing, 2008, p. 8.

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