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IMPERIAL JIAQING M/P BLUE AND WHITE BAXIAN WINE CUP
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Pre 1837 VR item# 625949 (stock# 0108)
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East Asian Antiques
+852 28543686
Sold. Thank you very much.
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This is a rare and fine imperial Jiaqing mark and period (AD 1796 - 1820) blue and white wine cup. It was finely decorated with a scene from the myth, 'Baxian guohai,' the eight Daoist immortals crossing the sea in underglaze blue. The myth is about 'Baxian', the eight Daoist immortals, Zhong Liquan, Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin, Li Tieguai, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Han Shangzi and Cao Guojiu, crossing the ocean together without a boat but by the power of their magical instruments after ...click for details
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VERY FINE AND RARE 18/19 C SUTRA MUTTON FAT JADE PLAQUE
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Pre 1837 VR item# 616085 (stock# 0096)
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East Asian Antiques
+852 28543686
$14000, very similar one sold by Nagel Auktionen, Germany on 21 May 07 for $15500
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This is a very fine and rare 18th or 19th century white jade sutra plaque. It was made of a very fine piece of mutton fat white jade of an even and very pale milky white tone. It was skilfully carved in intaglio and gilt with the Chinese version of Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra, the Heart Sutra on both sides translated by the famous Tang dynasty monk, Xuanzang. Jade is such a hard material that it is extremely difficult to carve the Sutra on a plaque of this size. Yet the carvings are excellent a ...click for details
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