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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

[jewelry] Gold statue of Maitreya i - jewelry rings

Qing Dynasty
Overall height: 54cm
Weight: 19030g

Maitreya wears ear ornaments and a crown with a Buddhist pagoda at the top. He has a full face and placid eyes, with a ruby inlaid between the brows. He wears silk ribbons around his upper body and a skirt as a lower garment, with strings of pearls and gems all over the body. The statue of Maitreya

Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty
Diameter:15.3cm

Finely-potted form with high walls flaring slightly out at the lip, outer wall with delicately painted underglaze-blue dragons chasing pearls alternating with downward facing phoenixes on a floral background, overpainted with finely applied and well chosen wucai colors, giving a full, rich and balanced palette to the overall motif, in


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