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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ 清十八 / 十九世紀 銅局部鎏金開光雙龍戲
CENSER 珠紋鋪首耳大爐
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
滿文篆款：
the rounded sides cast with two begonia-shaped panels with
two dragons chasing the ‘Flaming Pearl’ in high relief, against 皇帝行寶
a ground of bats soaring amongst clouds, flanked by two
lion-mask handles with loose rings, all between two bands of 詩文：
stylized lotus petal lappets around the mouthrim and foot, 重來瞻御筆 懷感動心神
the interior center cast with a double vajra, and the base 丕烈邁前代 鴻休啓後人
cast with a seal reading huangdi xingbao in Manchurian, ye
dharma formula in Tibetan, and the poem ‘fahaisi zhanhuang 興文盛禮樂 偃武息兵民
kaoyushu jingfo liangzi’ in regular script 法則光華遠 千年照佛輪
Width 14¼ in., 36 cm
來源
PROVENANCE 新英格蘭私人收藏，得於1950年代至1980年代之間
New England Private Collection, acquired between the 1950s
and 1980s.
The Tibetan inscription reads:
Of those things that arise from a cause,
The Tathagata has told the cause,
And also what their cessation is:
This is the doctrine of the Great Recluse.

$ 10,000-15,000

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PROPERTY OF A LADY The present seal is classified as tuji (graphic record). Of the
A BRONZE MILITARY OFFICIAL’S SEAL five levels of Qing dynasty official seals, tuji falls under the
DATED QIANLONG 14TH YEAR, fourth category according to Daqinghuidian [Regulations
of the great Qing dynasty]. See a closely related bronze
CORRESPONDING TO 1749 military official’s tuji from the same year, in the collection
of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
heavily cast with a square body surmounted by a tapering Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Ancient Seals,
cylindrical handle, the top carved in Manchurian, the sides Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 413.
with three inscriptions in Chinese: libuzao (made by the
Ministry of Rites), qianzi erqian wubai shijiu hao (number
2519 of qian), and Qianlong shisinian shiyue ri (tenth month $ 7,000-9,000
of the fourteenth year of Qianlong), the seal face cast in
Manchurian and Chinese seal script with characters reading 清乾隆十四年（1749年） 鑲黃旗漢軍弎甲
xianghuangqi hanjun sanjiala qizuoling tuji (seal of the seven
zuoling three jiala of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Han 喇七佐領圖記
army)
Height 3¾ in., 9.5 cm 《乾隆十四年十月 日》《禮部造》《乾字二千五百
十九號》款

印文：
鑲黃旗漢軍弎甲喇七佐領圖記

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