A Set of Famille Rose Porcelain Lotus Seat Ornaments
清乾隆粉彩蓮臺八寶兩只
乾隆年制款
Ht.16.5cm Wd.6cm
Each of which consists of two parts. The base is in the form of a covered dish, with a deformed fish pillar, and a lotus-like seat on the top. The seat is a round frame carved flat wheel, conch, umbrella, white cover, lotus flower, The treasure jar, goldfish, and Panchang eight treasures are all painted with famille rose, the bottom of the turquoise-green glaze.
The Qing imperial family believed in Tibetan Buddhism, and the Emperor Qianlong was the most. There was a Tibetan Buddhist temple in the Qing court with Buddha statues, pagodas, offerings, and rituals. The textures were porcelain, gold, silver, copper, etc. , Are all crafted. During the Qianlong period, the Jingdezhen imperial kiln factory produced porcelain utensils for Tibetan Buddhism. Some were specially made by the Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups, reflecting the exchange and integration of the inland and ethnic minorities. The patriarchal instruments included eight treasures, Buddha statues, Tibetan grass vases, and Benba pots. , Nectar bottle, Falun, five offerings, seven treasures, etc. The Eight Treasures are auspicious artifacts in Tibetan Buddhism, also known as the ‘Eight Auspicious Signs’. Porcelain decoration began in the Yuan Dynasty and was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its arrangement has certain . In the Qing Dynasty, it was arranged in order of wheel, snail, umbrella, cover, flower, jar (bottle), fish, and intestine (knot). The Eight Treasures, the Wheel of Dharma, means that the Dharma is round and endless, the snail means the bodhisattva fruit’s wonderful sound and auspiciousness, the umbrella means the meaning of Zhang Chi freely bends all living beings, the white cover means the meaning of the three thousand pure medicines, and the lotus flower means Out of the five turbid worlds, the meaning of nothing is contaminated, the treasure bottle represents the perfection of Fuzhi and the meaning of perfection, the goldfish represents the meaning of firmness and liveliness, and the meaning of the Panchang represents the meaning of all transparency. The eight-treasure is mostly combined with the lotus, which has a strong religious color. The Eight Treasures of Porcelain Sculpture are usually displayed in Buddhist halls as ritual tools. In addition to porcelain, the Qianlong Eight Treasures also has copper enamel, wood, and jade, all of which are used for rituals. The Eight Treasures of Porcelain Decoration are mostly based on depiction and mold printing, while carvings are rare. The Babao adopts a combination of tick carving, carving and famille rose decoration, with exquisite craftsmanship. There were complete sets of firing in Qianlong and Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty. Many handed down pieces were lost, and complete sets are rare. This set of eight pieces is preserved intact and is very precious.
Qianlong seal mark
此拍品每件由兩部分組成，底座呈覆盤式，置變形魚紋支柱，上承以蓮花式座，座置圓框鏤雕扁形的海螺、蓮花均施粉彩，器底施松石綠釉。清皇室崇信藏傳佛教，其中尤以乾隆皇帝為最，清宮廷中設有藏傳佛教殿堂，供有佛像、佛塔、供器、法器等，質地有瓷、金、銀、銅等，均製作精工。乾隆時期景德鎮御窯廠生產瓷質藏傳佛教用器，有些專為蒙藏民族所制，反映了內地與少數民族的交流和融合，宗法器有八寶、佛像、藏草瓶、賁巴壺、甘露瓶、法輪、五供、七珍等。八寶是藏傳佛教中象徽吉祥的器物，又稱為「八吉祥」。瓷器裝飾始於元代，流行於明清兩代，其排列有一定規律，清代為輪、螺、傘、蓋、花、罐(瓶)、魚、腸(結)順序排列。八寶即法輪表示佛法圓轉萬劫不息之意，法螺表示菩薩果妙音吉祥之意，寶傘表示張馳自如曲覆眾生之意，白蓋表示偏覆三千淨一切藥之意，蓮花表示出五濁世無所染著之意，寶瓶表示福智圓滿具完無漏之意，金魚表示堅固活潑解脫壞劫之意，盤腸表示回環貫徹一切通明之意。八寶紋多與蓮花紋組合，具有濃厚的宗教色彩。瓷塑八寶通常做為法器陳設於佛堂。乾隆八寶除瓷質外，尚有銅胎琺瑯，木質、玉質等，均為禮佛用品。瓷器裝飾八寶多以描繪、模印為主，雕件少見。八寶採用剔雕、鏤雕與粉彩裝飾相結合，工藝精湛。清代乾隆、嘉慶時有成套燒制，傳世品多有傳失，成套少見，此器一套八件保存完整，十分珍貴。