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A RARE GILT AND ENAMELLED PORCELAIN 清乾隆三十六年（1771年） 瓷胎漆金加彩無量壽佛坐像
FIGURE OF AMITAYUS 《大清乾隆辛卯年造》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG,
DATED XINMAO YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE
WITH 1771)
finely modelled in imitation of gilt-bronze, the deity seated in
vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base, the hands folded
in dhyanamudra, wearing a long flowing dhoti opening at the
chest to reveal an elaborate necklace, the face with meditative
expression, the hair gathered into a high chignon save for two
curling braids falling off the sides, surmounted by a five-leaf
diadem, the top of the base inscribed with a blue-enamelled
mark Daqing Qianlong xinmao nian zao (‘Made in the xinmao
year during the Qianlong reign of the great Qing dynasty’, in
accordance with 1771), the base with separate porcelain plug
16 cm, 6¼ in.
HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000

The simulation of materials using porcelain was particularly 像生瓷於十八世紀甚為流行，陶工摶泥幻化，異想天開，
popular during the 18th century, as it provided the opportunity 模形擬態，所製之器推陳出新，滿足乾隆皇帝奇趣之品
for potters to display their creative proficiency in the medium
味，甚得上心。此尊瓷胎漆金加彩無量壽佛坐像，塑形逼
while satisfying the Qianlong Emperor’s taste for the novel. See
真，彩繪細膩，難尋類例。香港蘇富比曾售兩相似作例，
also two closely related examples sold in these rooms, 10th
April 2006, lot 1743; and the other, 30th April 1991, lot 138; and 分別於2006年4月10日，編號1743，以及1991年4月30
a third figure sold at Christie’s New York, 1st December 1983, 日，編號138。紐約佳士得亦售一例，1983年12月1日，
lot 526.
編號526。
Compare a similar figure attributed to the Qianlong period,
可比一乾隆朝相似例，半迦造型，出版於 I.L. Legeza，
but depicted kneeling on one knee, published in I.L. Legeza,
A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm 《A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the
MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, Malcolm MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics》
pl. CXLI, no. 384; and a pair sold at Christie’s New York,
，倫敦，1972年，圖版CXLI，編號384；另見一對類例，
24th/25th March 2011, lot 1748. For a seated figure of Buddha,
見於紐約佳士得拍賣，2011年24／25日，編號1748。南
see one in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, published in The
Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 京博物院藏一坐像例，刊載於《宮廷珍藏中國清代官窰瓷
2003, p. 322. 器》，上海，2003年，頁322。

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