Qianlong style filigree enamel pagoda

[Qianlong Style Wired Enamel Buddha Pagoda]

Qianlong Style Wired Enamel Buddha Pagoda, Qing Qianlong, with a total height of 231 centimeters and a bottom diameter of 94 centimeters. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The tower is modeled according to the style of the pagoda covered with bowls in Tibetan Buddhism, and is composed of beads, the sun and the moon, thirteen pagodas, the belly of the pagoda covered with bowls, a round base, and a belted tower base. Inside the belly of the tower is a gilded bronze Buddha. The main body is decorated with yellow enamel as the ground decoration with colored glaze flower patterns and blue Sanskrit, while the seat is decorated with blue enamel as the ground decoration with lion patterns and lotus patterns. On the upper part of the seat, there is a nine-character inscription with a gold plate on the central blue ground, “Made with Respect in the Jiawu Year of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1774)”
In the 39th year of Qianlong’s reign (Jiawu, 1774) and 47th year (Renyin, 1782), orders were issued for the firing of large filigree enamel pagodas, six at a time, respectively, to be displayed in the Fanhua Tower in the northeast of the Forbidden City and the Baoxiang Tower in the southwest. According to the records, the cost of the tower is 700000 liang, which is an unprecedented giant system and reflects the wealth of the country and the strength of the people. These 12 towers are of the same height and various shapes, magnificent and well preserved, and still stand in their original position. This is one of the 6 towers displayed in the Vatican Tower




梵华楼掐丝珐琅大佛塔之三