御製十六羅漢贊 (Yuzhi Shiliu Luohan Zan, "Work or commission from the Emperor: Praise of the Sixteen Luohan"), a set of 10 green jade plaques with their inlaid wooden box, China, each rectangular plaque finely incised, gilded and silvered on both sides, the first plaque bearing the framed title flanked by two five-clawed dragons in the clouds above the primordial waves, the back of the same plate adorned with a six-armed deity seated on a lotus, probably Guanyin, the following plates each adorned on one side with a Luohan accompanied by a text, each Luohan represented in a different way, the last plate showing a celestial guardian on one side, clouds on the other, 13.5x7.5 cm (plaques). The plaques are accompanied by a wooden box with silver and possibly gold inlays, bearing the title surrounded by bajixiang (八吉祥, Eight Buddhist Symbols) as well as a wan and the character shou (longevity), 16.5x10x8 cm (restorations on box; detached parts).

Provenance: Brigitte Mavromichalis collection

A similar book-mounted set, dated Qianlong, sold at Christie's New York, September 19, 2007, lot 81. Another, also dated Qianlong, sold at Sotheby's, New York, September 22, 2004, lot no. 53. Another, dated Qianlong/Jiaqing, was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, October 29, 2011, lot 516. Another, dated late 18th - early 19th century, was also sold at Christie's, New York, June 28, 2006, lot 19. A book illustrating the same subject, dating from the late 18th century, is held at the Chester Beatty, Dublin, inv. n°C 1007.

御製十六羅漢贊玉冊

青色軟玉，雙面淺刻填金羅漢圖

共十片玉版，

首頁玉片: 雙龍雲紋，中間題簽「御製十六羅漢贊」； 末頁玉片:護法韋馱尊天菩薩

木製書盒， 金銀雕飾八寶吉祥和蝙蝠圖案， 卍和壽字。

題簽:御製十六羅漢贊。

御製十六羅漢贊 (Yuzhi Shiliu Luohan Zan, "Work or commission from the Emperor: Praise of the Sixteen Luohan"), a set of 10 green jade plaques with their inlaid wooden box, China, each rectangular plaque finely incised, gilded and silvered on both sides, the first plaque bearing the framed title flanked by two five-clawed dragons in the clouds above the primordial waves, the back of the same plate adorned with a six-armed deity seated on a lotus, probably Guanyin, the following plates each adorned on one side with a Luohan accompanied by a text, each Luohan represented in a different way, the last plate showing a celestial guardian on one side, clouds on the other, 13.5x7.5 cm (plaques). The plaques are accompanied by a wooden box with silver and possibly gold inlays, bearing the title surrounded by bajixiang (八吉祥, Eight Buddhist Symbols) as well as a wan and the character shou (longevity), 16.5x10x8 cm (restorations on box; detached parts).

Provenance: Brigitte Mavromichalis collection

A similar book-mounted set, dated Qianlong, sold at Christie's New York, September 19, 2007, lot 81. Another, also dated Qianlong, sold at Sotheby's, New York, September 22, 2004, lot no. 53. Another, dated Qianlong/Jiaqing, was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, October 29, 2011, lot 516. Another, dated late 18th - early 19th century, was also sold at Christie's, New York, June 28, 2006, lot 19. A book illustrating the same subject, dating from the late 18th century, is held at the Chester Beatty, Dublin, inv. n°C 1007.

御製十六羅漢贊玉冊

青色軟玉，雙面淺刻填金羅漢圖

共十片玉版，

首頁玉片: 雙龍雲紋，中間題簽「御製十六羅漢贊」； 末頁玉片:護法韋馱尊天菩薩

木製書盒， 金銀雕飾八寶吉祥和蝙蝠圖案， 卍和壽字。

題簽:御製十六羅漢贊。

Overall wear to the surfaces

Plaques:

Two of the jade plaques have been tested by GGTL Laboratories, Geneva, who confirm that they are nephrite jade

Some surface scratches

Some natural veins

Wear to the gilding. The gilding has also "scattered" in some areas

Box:

Numerous traces of glue

All plates restored

The two small plates of the box are detached from the rest

The "bottom" of the box may have been added. Wooden plates have probably been added to the rest of the original box (on the inside), so that the base and box fit together

Some surface scratches
Some lacks to the surfaces
Some chips
Some oxidation traces
Some cracks
Some small knocks

The sixteen Luohan represented are as follows:

1: 阿迎安幾達尊者

2: 阿資答尊者

3: 拔納拔西尊者

4: 嘎禮嘎尊者

5: 抜雜哩逋答喇尊者

6: 哈抜達喇尊者

7: 嘎納嘎巴薩尊者

8: 嘎納嘎喇錣雜尊者

9: 抜嘎沽拉尊者

10: 喇乎拉尊者

11: 租查巴納塔嘎尊者

12: 畢那楂拉哈抜喇錣雜尊者

13: 巴納塔嘎尊者

14: 納阿嘎塞納尊者

15: 鍋巴嘎尊者

16: 阿必達尊者