A fine jade and gilt-bronze shrine

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, the jades 18th or early 19th c. and later
H. 40,4 cm
The elaborate executed shrine is set with a central figure of Ekadashalokeshvara standing in samabhanga on a lotus base set on a larger lotus pod, its petals decorated with interlinked red coral and turquoise beads, placed on a simple rectangular pedestal set on an elaborate stepped pedestal, its sides cast with the Eight Buddhist Emblems interlinked with scrolling motifs and a lower border of lotus petals each inlaid with a red coral bead interlinked with a turquoise one, his eight arms radiating around his body, the principle hands in anjalimudra, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his eleven-faced head displaying various expression, topped with the head of Buddha Amitabha, placed below an elaborate pavilion consisting of a pair of jade pillars carved with different plant specimen, each pillar supported by a gilt-bronze lotus base, the large roof section decorated with the minute gilt-bronze Khyung-bird holding a snake in his beak placed directly above Ekadashalokeshvara, the roof itself is set to the front with a jade plaque sculpted with various scenes including wavy waters around rocks at the lower part, the upper register with a flying crane, pavilion and flowering tree branches, the gilt-bronze reverse panel engraved with a pair of flying dragons amongst clouds, encompassing the central ratna emblem and topped with a lotus bud set with red coral and turquoise beads.
From an old private collection in Southern Germany - Figure repl. , traces of age

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