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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
亞洲私人珍藏 — 有關收益將捐贈予亞洲精神健康慈善機構
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A RARE PORCELAIN SIMULATED-METAL
‘BUDDHIST WHEEL’ ALTAR ORNAMENT
JIAQING GILT SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1796-1820)
The ornament is moulded as a Buddhist wheel of law standing
on a spreading plinth with lotus petals in high relief, all in
imitation of a gold or gilt-bronze original, the reticulated wheel
at the centre enriched with turquoise, coral and sapphire-blue
enamels to simulate their hardstone counterparts.
10 ⅞ in. (27.5 cm.) high, box
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 16 October 1995, lot 172
EXHIBITED
Hong Kong Museum of Art, January 1997
清嘉慶 金釉瓷粉彩法輪 描金六字篆書款
來源
阿姆斯特丹蘇富比，1995 年 10 月 16 日，拍品 172 號
展覽
香港藝術館，1997 年 1 月
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