A RARE BEIJING ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'WHEEL OF LAW' ALTAR EMBLEM

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

细节

A RARE BEIJING ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'WHEEL OF LAW' ALTAR EMBLEM
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Well cast as a Buddhist Wheel of Law, finely enamelled on both sides of the two concentric bands with floral scrolls, joined by ruyi-shaped and floral spokes radiating from the central aperture, all against a bright yellow ground, the edge enriched with hardstone-inlaid 'flaming pearls', all raised on a foliate plinth, later remounted (losses to enamels retouched)
11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.) high, box

拍品专文

This altar garniture belongs to the set of eight representing the Eight Buddhist Emblems. Compare with the present lot a very similar altar emblem set on an elaborate base, from the Mary C. Belin Trust, sold in our New York Rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 399; and another of similar design, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol. 10, pl. 328.