Box with the Eight Auspicious Symbols
Wood with mother-of-pearl
Box with the Eight Auspicious Symbols (cover)
木漆螺鈿八吉祥方盒
中國
盒呈方形，四角作圓形花邊，邊長36.8公分，高8.2公分。盒體與盒蓋子母口相合，通體黑漆地。
盒表面鑲貼螺鈿薄片，蓋面中央施「囍」字，外有四朵雲紋環繞，周圍可見法輪、華蓋、吉祥結、法螺、蓮花、寶瓶、雙魚和勝利幢等八吉祥，間飾纏枝花紋。立面施蝙蝠銜珠、菊花和纏枝花紋。
盒內設置九個小盤，均作吉祥紋飾。中間盤內飾「卍」字、四喜和四蝠，外圍八盤則施暗八仙圖案。佛教圖像深入民間，與庶民生活文化相結合，此器為最佳例證。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 21.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Box with the Eight Auspicious Symbols." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 21.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Box with the Eight Auspicious Symbols" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:21.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Box with the Eight Auspicious Symbols. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 21).
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