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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A CARVED GILT-DECORATED CERAMIC WRIST
REST
DAOGUANG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK WITHIN A
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The arched wrist rest is delicately carved to the flat side depicting
an elaborate undersea palace scene comprised of pavilions,
residences, trees and jagged rocks amid breaking waves,
surmounted by a long rectangular column with four impressed
characters dinghai shenzhen, ‘needle which calms the sea’, behind a
five-clawed dragon in profile in persuit of a flaming pearl.
10 º in. (26.1 cm.) long, box
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4192
The inscription and scene are taken from the novel, Journey to the
West, in which the Monkey King obtains the Golden-banded staff, ruyi
jingu bang, by travelling to the bottom of the sea to retrieve a huge
pillar known as the ‘sea settling needle’ from Ao Guang, the Dragon
King of the Eastern Seas by reducing it in size and striking fear into
the creatures of the ocean.
清道光 瓷胎金彩「定海神針」臂擱
方框六字篆書印款
來源
日本私人珍藏
香港佳士得，2012年5月30日，拍品4192號
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