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A RARE CARVED AND GILT LAPIS LAZULI 清乾隆
HEART SUTRA 御製青金石描金刻
MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
「般若波羅密多心經」佛牌
of square form, one side worked in relief to the centre 《乾》、《隆》款
with a figure of Shakyamuni Buddha seated before a
flaming mandorla, surrounded by thirty-four smaller
figures of buddhas and flying apsaras, their faces gilt, the
reverse incised and filled with gold with the Heart Sutra,
accompanied by an inscription dated to the Qianlong gengwu
year (in accordance with 1750) followed by two seals reading
Qian and Long respectively
6.5 cm, 2⅝ in.
HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 102,000-153,000

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