Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch
Shell, gilt copper alloy, and silver
Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch in Leather Case
右旋白螺
中國
清代（1644～1911）宮廷視稀有右旋白螺為至寶，亦稱定風珠，多為朝廷之吉祥供物。此螺原存放北京紫禁城養心殿。
螺體略小，屬印度聖貝。頂部接飾金屬吹口，錘鍱蓮瓣及卷草紋。螺口及底部釘接護板，內板為銀質，鐫刻藏文贊詞，及漢、滿、蒙、藏四體的「大清乾隆年（1736～1795）製」六字款。外板鍍金，飾五瓣花式錦，鑄藏文贊詞及卷草紋，並鑲嵌珊瑚、松石及青金石等寶石。底端刻楷書「乾隆年製」四字款，並設活環，供攜帶之用。
據描漆皮盒內題記所載，此螺曾為乾隆五十二年（1787）賜福康安剿平林爽文事件，及嘉慶十一年（1806）賽沖阿平定蔡牽事件時帶赴臺灣，以護佑其渡海時風帆平順。事後歸還宮中，仍作供佛之用。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 267.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 267).
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