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Detail: The eighth installment of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection - Treasures is the most tightly curated of the series, consisting of ten exceptional works of art of superlative quality. Highlights of the sale include a finely carved tianhuang seal decorated with a pair of ferocious dragons, and two extremely rare works of art inscribed by order of the Qianlong Emperor – the first a boxwood figure of Manjushri incised with an Imperial poem, the second a jade box and cover with an extensive inscription in Tibetan, marking the occasion in 1783 when the newly ascendant 8th Dalai Lama was presented with an Imperial jade edict by the Emperor.
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