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A MONUMENTAL GILT-BRONZE RITUAL BUTTER LAMP:
A RARE VESTIGE OF IMPERIAL MING CHINA

朱明遺韻 - 御製銅鎏金大油燈

(see special catalogue)

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A MONUMENTAL IMPERIAL EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CAST
GILT-BRONZE RITUAL BUTTER LAMP
Early Ming Dynasty, circa first half 15th century, cast Jingtai
six-character mark
The massive gilt-bronze Buddhist ritual vessel superbly and thickly cast
in two main sections, covered in rich gilt around the exterior and inner
section of the rim, the bowl with flared sides rising to the wide flattened
rim, accentuated by the raised central stepped rib around the bowl, the
convex underside with a further lipped rib crowning and slotting into the
narrow cylindrical stem similarly cast with a raised central rib, all above
the generously proportioned bell-shaped lower section with double
everted cascading sides emphasised by lipped rims, the bowl cast
with the six-character reign mark. 102.6cm (40 3/8in) high, 102.1cm
(40 1/8in) diam. of bowl, 88.8cm (35in) diam. of foot, approx. 335kg

Estimate on request

明初 約十五世紀前半葉 御製銅鎏金大油燈
陽鑄「大明景泰年製」楷書橫款

Provenance: 來源：
Spink & Son Ltd., London, circa 1960s-1970s 約於1960至1970年代期間由倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd. 所藏
An English private collection, London 倫敦私人收藏
Christie’s London, 15 December 1983, lot 374 1983年12月15日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品374號
Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Mike Winter - Rousset, Paris, 1983年12月至1990年期間由巴黎古董商Compagnie de la Chine
December 1983-1990 et des Indes公司Mike Winter-Rousset先生所藏
A European private collection, circa 1990-2014 約於1990至2014年期間由歐洲私人收藏
The Bodhimanda Foundation, 2014-present 2014年至今由菩提曼拏羅基金會收藏

Published and Illustrated: 出版：
M.Henss, Buddhist Art in Tibet: New Insights on Ancient Treasures: A M.Henss著，《Buddhist Art in Tibet:New Insights on Ancient
Study of Paintings and Sculptures from the 8th to 18th Century, Ulm, Treasures: A Study of Paintings and Sculptures from the 8th to
2008, p.266 18th Century》，烏爾姆，2008年，頁266
M.Henss, Orientations, ‘Sacred Spaces and Secret Visions: Tibetan M.Henss著，「Sacred Spaces and Secret Visions: Tibetan Buddhist
Buddhist Art from The Bodhimanda Foundation’, 43(1), pp.66-72, Art from the Bodimanda Foundation」，《Orientations》雜誌，43(1)
pp.66 and 68. ，頁66至72、66及68
E.Bruijn, Tibet-China & Japan: Catalogue on Masterpieces from the E.Brujin著，《Tibet-China & Japan: Catalogue on Masterpieces
Ethnographic Collections in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Part II, from the Ethnographic Collections in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, 2011 PartII》，鹿特丹，2011年

Exhibited: 展覽：
Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, 4 June 2006 - 7 February 2007 2006年6月4日至2007年2月7日期間借展予鹿特丹世界博物館
20 September 2010 - 1 June 2015, as part of the permanent 2010年9月20日至2015年6月1日期間作為菩提曼拏羅基金會藏品於
exhibition of The Bodhimanda Collections in the Wereldmuseum, 鹿特丹世界博物館長期展出
Rotterdam

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