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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED AND GOLD- 清乾隆二十五年（1760年）
DECORATED HARDWOOD SHRINE 御製木雕描金銘漢滿蒙藏文夔龍紋三連供龕
QING DYNASTY, DATED TO THE 25TH
YEAR OF THE QIANLONG PERIOD (IN 每屏背面皆墨書漢、滿、蒙、藏文四體銘文，漢文銘文為
ACCORDANCE WITH 1760) 「乾隆二十五年四月初九日欽命阿嘉胡土克圖認看供奉利
益番銅琍瑪釋迦牟尼佛」，屏底墨書編號「天字三號」及
the tripartite screen supported on a tiered plinth, each section
「暑字號」。
finely painted in gold with three sets of five bats amidst dense
scrolling clouds, surrounding a medallion used for framing the
head of a copper-alloy figure of Shakyamuni Buddha, all below
a stylised angular scroll formed from pairs of kui dragons, the
reverse inscribed with three sets of inscriptions in Chinese,
Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan, the base with additional
inscriptions, reading tianzi sanhao (‘Heaven number three’)
and shuzhi hao (‘character shu’)
46.3 cm, 18¼ in.
HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300

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