Lot 1481
  • 1481

TWO FAMILLE-ROSE BUDDHIST ALTAR ORNAMENTS LATE QING DYNASTY

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • ceramics
each with a pierced standard centered with a band of chevrons flanked by scrolled leaves raised on a circular platform of lotus meander above the domed base, with lappets above a leiwen band encircling the foot, the standard rising to a lotus center supporting one of the bajixiang, one ornament with a pierced and iron-red painted dharma wheel with a prunus center, the other with a famille-jaune vase and cover ribbon-tied and painted with lotus meander, the interior of each base turquoise-enameled and with an apocryphal Qianlong mark (2)

Condition

Both ornaments with restoration to breaks and enamels throughout.
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