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18th/19th century
Each finely carved with a tiered domed base decorated with concentric bands of lotus petals and foliate motifs, supporting a tall baluster-form stem embellished with beaded ribs and lotus bands, rising to a multi-tiered lotus-flower support, the upper section set with a painted Buddhist deity against a blue ground, enclosed within an arched gilt frame intricately pierced and carved with scrolling foliage and beaded borders; Together with a 20th century gilt and lacquered wood Buddha.
21 1/2in (54.6cm) high each stand;
29in (73.7cm) high each overall with plaques
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Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 木雕漆金佛供一對
及 二十世紀 木雕漆金釋迦牟尼佛坐像
Compare a related pair of gilt-lacquered Buddhist emblem altar ornaments, sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2018, lot 635; and a pair of gilt-lacquered carved wood altar emblem stands, dated to the Qing dynasty, 19th century, sold at Sotheby's New York, 24 March 2018, lot 1784. See also a pair of large gilt-lacquered carved wood lotus altar stands, dated to the 18th/19th century, sold at Bonhams Paris, 13 June 2023, lot 28.
For an example of such stands preserved in their original ritual context, see a set of eight altar emblem stands retaining their original emblems arranged before an altar in the (咸若館), illustrated in , Hong Kong, 1985, fig. 467.