Featured Lot #82

About Featured Lot #82

SET OF EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS
30th March 2014
11:00am Pacific

Each one of the Eight Buddhist Symbols is finely crafted and brilliantly gilded and enameled. The hollow dome-shaped base decorated with floral blooms and tendrils has a four-character mark to read Qianlong reign, a pillar issuing from the base and surmounted with lotus flower seat centrally bears a narrow rectangular gap to house the round open work emblem. The Bajixiang, or eight happy or auspicious omens is believed to have started by The Buddhist monks during their time of visits to China around the 1st Century Ad (Chinese jades throughout the Ages, Stanley Charles Nott). It is composed of the Lun or wheel as a symbol of Law and the universal monarch, The Lo or shell for victory, The San or umbrella represents sovereignty, The Kai or canopy may symbolize the throne of Buddha, The Hua or lotus bloom signifies the evolution of Buddhist worlds from eternal cosmic matter, The Ping or vase corresponds to the vessel uniquely for Brahma, The Yu or fish denotes abundance, rank, power and connubial felicity, and The Chang or entrails, which is emblematic for longevity and years of prosperity. H: 13 1/2 In.