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A HARDWOOD AND GILT COPPER ALLOY SHRINE
Qing dynasty
The repoussé metal roof with a finely wrought ridge terminating in
dragon heads, the bodies of the dragons forming the relief decoration
on the roof ridge, surmounted by a multi-level stupa finial on a square
base, the sloping tiles finely detailed and raised on hardwood panels
enclosing a repousse panel on the back wall centered by a flaming
jewel painted to simulate turquoise and flanked by flaming pearls amid
clouds above the terrestrial diagram rising from churning waves, all
supported on a stepped rectangular base.
26in (66cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

清 鎏金銅頂木神龕

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