Buddhism is a far-reaching religion in China and has a long history. It is said that during the two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was already slowly growing in the folk and developed to the peak of the Tang Dynasty, when the masses generally liked to calm their minds by copying and translating the scriptures and chanting the scriptures. At that time, there were also many famous monks, and Buddhism had a great influence on people's lives, until in modern society, there will still be traces of Buddhism.
During the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi once set up the Zhongzhengdian Prayer Office, which was mainly responsible for Buddhist affairs and shaping Buddha statues. The establishment of the Zhongzheng Hall Prayer Office is also of great significance in history, and it is also the beginning of the standardization of court statues. During the Qing Dynasty, the Buddha statue manufacturing process was very exquisite, whether it was from the coloring or the overall shaping, it was very good, even now, the Level of Buddha Statue Manufacturing Technology in the Qing Dynasty period is upstream.
The first five offerings of the bronze gilded hall, also known as the first five offerings of the Buddha, are composed of five instruments. Includes an incense burner, a pair of candlesticks, and a pair of vases. The gilding process makes it look more bright, because of its long history and total value. The main material of this group of Buddhas is copper, and the gilding process is added to the outside, which looks elegant and quiet as a whole. The incense burner takes on the shape of a ding, with double straight ears at the upper end of the stove, a circular caliber, and a delicate pattern carved into the mouth of the furnace.
Half of the candlestick is engraved with bat patterns, which in the Qing Dynasty mean that Hong Fu is coming. The middle part is engraved with a swastika, and around the swastika, it is dotted with a lot of shouzi patterns, and the pattern is diverse and rich, and the lower part is engraved with flowing cloud patterns. The two pairs of vases and candlesticks around the perimeter are very similar in pattern to the candlesticks, and both use the flowing cloud bat swastika pattern.
The first five offerings of the Buddha are mainly placed in the ancestral hall of the Zongmiao Temple, which is used to pay homage to ancestors or to worship the gods, and its role is mainly used to place melons, fruits and other tributes. The production materials are also diverse, in addition to the copper five offerings we saw above, there are many jade, enamel and other materials of the five offerings.
This set of five offerings is the palace utensils of the Qing Dynasty, mainly composed of five utensils such as incense burners, candlesticks, and vases, and is made of copper materials, imitating the shape of bronzes of the previous dynasty. At the same time, the surface is carved with cloud dragon patterns, and the production process is not very complicated, but it looks very solemn and elegant.
During the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong highly respected antiquities, but while adopting traditional styles, it also required the addition of new styles. Most of the patterns of the craft utensils in the Qianlong period are imitations of the style of the previous dynasty, and the production methods of bronzes in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties are often selected, imitating the special shape of bronzes and at the same time integrating the production style of the time, creating a unique production style, which also laid a unique position in the history of ancient art.
However, surprisingly, this gilt five offerings were already circulated abroad during the Qing Dynasty, and it was not until the 20th century that it returned to China. This gilded five-fold offering comes from a jewelry collector in the United States who has been collecting all kinds of jewelry since the 1990s. His family has a very large influence in the United States, and in the Qing Dynasty, he also had trade with China's jewelers, met many antique collectors, and the government also has a certain relationship, and many of his collections are purchased with the guidance of China's antique collectors. This five-supply is relatively well preserved, almost no wear, so the industry is also eager for this group of five-supply.
For jewelry collectors who love antiques, antiques represent not only money, but also the era and historical and cultural background they represent. This set of well-preserved five offerings has also aroused the interest of many antique lovers, which makes people have to look forward to it.
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