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8083 8083
TWO GILT COPPER FIGURES OF AMITAYUS
8084 Qianlong marks, cyclically dated to gengyin year (corresponding
to 1770), and both of the period
76 | BONHAMS Each seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular pedestal adorned with
foliate brackets and flowing drapery, the deity finely cast with a serene
expression, the hands folded in dhyana mudra, elaborately adorned
with jewels, one with a high tiara and all framed by a separately cast
mandorla, the other with the hair piled high in thick tresses and with
races of blue pigment. wearing high chignons, one with a large crown,
cloaked in long flowing robes, both with incised marks in kaishu script
on the tiered pedestal.
8 1/4in (20.9cm) height of the taller figure
$5,000 - 7,000

1770年《大清乾隆庚寅年敬造》款 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像兩件

8084
A GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
18th/19th century
Delicately cast and decorated in high relief with lotus scrolls, with a
pair of lion-head handles grasping loose-rings in their jaws, draped
with swags of jewels inset with semi-precious stone cabochons,
supported on three elephant head feet, the openwork cover with a
band of lotus scrolls beneath a slumbering, elaborately bejeweled
and caparisoned elephant supporting a finial composed of ingots
below a flaming pearl.
8in (20.3cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

十八或十九世紀 銅鎏金纏枝蓮紋三足爐連象鈕蓋

8085Y
A VERY FINE AND RARE GILT-BRONZE OVAL SNUFF BOX
Qianlong period, circa 1740-1770
The lavishly gilt oval container decorated to its sides with four ogee
reserves containing flowers in full bloom amongst dense leaf scrolls,
the hinged cover finely inset with carved stones of jadeite, colored
quartz, lapis lazuli, and coral, depicting two succulent peaches with
leafy branches surrounded by five bats in flight, all against a ground
filled with cloud wisps, the cover interior set with a mirror.
3 3/8in (8.2cm) wide
$40,000 - 60,000

清乾隆 約1740-1770年 鎏金銅嵌百寶五蝠捧壽鼻煙盒

The design of five bats together is known as wu fu (five blessings)
in Chinese culture. They refer to longevity, wealth, a healthy and
balanced body and mind, good virtue, and a peaceful death.

Another exceptional and very similar ‘five bat’ box and cover catalogued
as being gold is in the Palace Museum, Beijing: see Treasures of the
Imperial Court: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Xu Qixian, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 219, pl. 194, fig. 1. Compare
also a nearly identical snuff box, from the Speelman Collection, sold in
our Hong Kong rooms, sale 21607, 24 November 2013, lot 18.