Sale 1354
New York
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24 March 2004
Price realised
USD 19,120
Estimate
A RARE CHASED GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF DAMO QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK INCISED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The figure shown huddled beneath his layered robes with his hands resting on one upraised knee, his face with contemplative expression, his outer robes very finely chased with two phoenixes amidst dense floral scroll, his inner robes chased with swirling clouds, the base incised, da Qing Qianlong nian zhi, Rehe xingguan chenshenchu, "Made during the Qianlong era of the great Qing, for display in the gallery at the Summer Palace at Rehe" 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby, Parke Bernet, New York, 25-26 February 1982, lot 283.
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Compare the seated figure with richly decorated robe in the collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, dated to the early 17th century, included in the O.C.S. exhibition, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, pl. 78, no. 295.
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