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拍品专文
Buddhist altar ornaments of this design were made in a variety of materials such as porcelain, precious woods and cloisonné enamel, and complete sets can be found in various Lamaist temples including those in the precincts of the Forbidden City, Beijing, and in the Summer Palace in Chengde. It is exceptionally rare to find examples fully executed in jade such as the present pair. A complete set of ‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’ altar ornaments, rendered in pale greenish-white jade, was sold at Chinese Jade Carvings From a Distinguished European Collection; Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 2723.
Another complete set of the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) altar ornaments, and the Seven Royal Treasures (qizhenbao), but carved from spinach-green jade and supported on elaborate inlaid zitan stands are in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 138-140, no. 114 and pp. 142-144, no. 116, respectively.
Another complete set of the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) altar ornaments, and the Seven Royal Treasures (qizhenbao), but carved from spinach-green jade and supported on elaborate inlaid zitan stands are in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 138-140, no. 114 and pp. 142-144, no. 116, respectively.