A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA, QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA
QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each plaque is moulded in clay and decorated in gilt and red lacquer depicting Buddhist deities, all on lotus stands and against a mandorla. Each plaque, with the exception of the largest plaque, bears an inscription on the back identifying the deity in Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese.
The largest: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 277
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
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A GROUP OF ELEVEN GILT-LACQUERED TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUES, TSHA TSHA
QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each plaque is moulded in clay and decorated in gilt and red lacquer depicting Buddhist deities, all on lotus stands and against a mandorla. Each plaque, with the exception of the largest plaque, bears an inscription on the back identifying the deity in Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese.
The largest: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December 2010, lot 277
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA