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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
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清乾隆
AN EXTREMELY FINE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED
KESI PANEL OF AMITAYUS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
御製緙絲刺繡無量壽佛像

The panel is exquisitely worked with a figure of Amitayus below an elaborate
bejewelled canopy seated in padmasana on a square double lotus-petal base,
holding in his upturned palms a tiered reliquary, wearing a five-leaf tiara
encircling a pointed stupa above the full face with pendulous ears, the head
emanating a flaming aureole enclosing the eight Buddhist Emblems, dressed
in a shawl exposing the bare chest with flowing celestial scarves floating to the
sides, all against a blue background and elaborate floral foreground, some areas
of outline highlighted with couched threads, including the entire circular halo
richly decorated in couched gold threads, details shaded with pigments.
27 ½ x 56 ¼ in. (69.8 x 142.9 cm.)
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 US$1,000,000-1,500,000

PROVENANCE
A European Private Collection
Sold at Phillips London, 18 November 1998, lot 119
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 1999, lot 525
A Hong Kong Private Collection

LITERATURE
Christie’s Hong Kong Ltd., Christie’s: 20 Years in Hong Kong 1986-2006, Christie’s
Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006, p. 265

來源
歐洲私人珍藏
倫敦富藝思，1998 年 11 月 18 日，拍品 119 號
香港佳士得，1999 年 4 月 26 日，拍品 525 號
香港私人珍藏

著錄
佳士得香港，《香港佳士得二十週年回顧，1986-2006 中國瓷器及工藝品精選》，香港，
2006 年，頁 265

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