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

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A GROUP OF SEVEN MOLDED AND PAINTED POTTERY TSATSAS
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The group compromising six wrathful dieties standing amidst flames, and a single diety holding a parasol supported on a double lotus base, the front of each painted in gold, the reverse in red lacquer with gilt-filled inscriptions written in Chinese, Manchu and Tibetan and with a six-character Qianlong mark; together with a crisply molded figure of Amitayus, 18th century, holding an elixir bottle and seated in dhyansana on a double lotus base, the reverse molded in high relief with Sanskrit text
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high (8)

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Tsatsas, or molded pottery votive figures, were popular in the Tibetan form of Buddhism. The Qianlong Emperor, like his predecessors, was a devout Buddhist, and maintained close relations with the high priests and lamas in Tibet. It was under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor that numerous 'Sino-Tibetan' works were produced, such as the present group of tsatsas, which bear Imperial marks in Chinese and inscriptions in Tibetan on the reverse. For an illustration of similar tsatsas in situ in the Cining Palace, see Palaces of the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 186.

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