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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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FOUR CORAL AND TURQUOISE-INLAID WHITE METAL BUDDHIST ALTAR
ORNAMENTS
LATE 19TH CENTURY-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
清十九世紀末/二十世紀初 銀嵌寶佛教供器 一組四件
The group comprises four of the Seven Jewels of Royal Power, the wheel, the wish-fulflling jewel, the King
and the general, all raised on a large lotus pod supported on a stem fanked by openwork dragons and
foliate scrolls. The base is incised with lotus lappets around the edges.
8º in. (21.5 cm.) high (4)
£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800
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