拍品專文
By repute from the Summer Palace in Jehol.
Lapis lazuli, as with turquoise, coral and pearls, was a highly prized material during the late Ming to early Qing dynasties (see references to lot 1020). Unlike the preceding lot, a seated Buddha constructed of turquoise and turquoise matrix, the present lot is carved from a single boulder which suggests the size of raw material was substantial. The artistry is its simplistic use of the stone's natural rich colour to represent the garment, the surfaces of which is sealed with a clear lacquer substance before application of the gilding.
Decorative objects carved from lapis lazuli were favoured by emperor Qianlong. For an example of a mountain boulder inscribed with a Qianlong poem, formerly from the Avery Brundage collection now in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, see Gems of Chinese Art, no. 58; and also an Imperial table screen included in this sale, lot 856.
(US$35,000-45,000)
Lapis lazuli, as with turquoise, coral and pearls, was a highly prized material during the late Ming to early Qing dynasties (see references to lot 1020). Unlike the preceding lot, a seated Buddha constructed of turquoise and turquoise matrix, the present lot is carved from a single boulder which suggests the size of raw material was substantial. The artistry is its simplistic use of the stone's natural rich colour to represent the garment, the surfaces of which is sealed with a clear lacquer substance before application of the gilding.
Decorative objects carved from lapis lazuli were favoured by emperor Qianlong. For an example of a mountain boulder inscribed with a Qianlong poem, formerly from the Avery Brundage collection now in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, see Gems of Chinese Art, no. 58; and also an Imperial table screen included in this sale, lot 856.
(US$35,000-45,000)