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         THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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         A FINE BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED                   ᪺̗㡳ˑຆໞ䢰    䢱   㤎⩈⧞⩯᧗⟖ⷍ૩࿙⚰⟖ᮘ⯰➜
         'LUOHAN' ALMS BOWL AND COVER                      ⦸㎒⫒卿䀦⭬卿⭬սӴ᷉ᘘǯڬ㬷⥾Ӭ⧲ᶴ㫐Ꮫᑥഌԧ⸥ⵖ⣌卿⸌㬷⧲
         DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO QIANLONG CYCLICAL DINGSI YEAR,   ᶴߺ੷Ꮫᑥ⣌卿⛘ஶᙻ‐ᙿ厎Ԗ㵲ս㬪Ɽᥓᝧ⯺ⲋ᯳⧲⿩അᇵ⣌卿Ԇᝳ
         CORRESPONDING TO 1737 AND OF THE PERIOD           Գ㪏ӭႢჺސᝲᘾ℣ⶔ᪪卿ᛞἃԳ㪏Հჺ卻ݩ݉      ჺ卼ǯ⣌ᙔᝧ༵
         The exterior of the bowl is painted with a seated luohan holding   ᙃ䁖ࠧӬ卿⧲ᶴ▵ካߴ⊺⡿⮏卿㬪Ɽ⎉ⰰ⡩᫈Ḽⰴ卿≾ἃ㫙ᇑǯजࣻ⩠
         meditation beads and a document entitled Da cheng lian hua jing,   ݦ։㙁௛ࣿ㯪ឬ⯝ទ⸌⦸⏟ऱֿ՞⁒Ӷऱ⎏㬪Ɽ⣌ᙔ⸌⦸卿Ӭἃ࢈՗ⶃ
         surrounded by a long inscription containing The Heart Sutra and   ೰ཀ⯠⻦卿㖊ᙻǶ࢈՗ᙔ⁒⠢⠝ഌ⡑   㪃≢࣍ӴǷ卿࢈՗卿     ჺ卿
         signed Qianlong Dingsi nian dong yue jing xian, (presented during the   எ‸         ⽚卿ݯ⧉ڬ⥾⧲ᶴᏛᑥⱠ⹳Ꮧ卿⸌㬷⧲ᶴ㫐Ꮫᒨ⣌厎औӬ
         winter month in the Dingsi year of the Qianlong reign). The top of        ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅      ⽚卻ॲː卼卿ݯ⧉ڬ⥾
         the cover is painted with another luohan holding a scripture.  ֛⽏⧲ᶴ卿⸌㬷⥾⧲ᶴᏛᑥⱠ⹳Ꮧǯ
         7ƒ in. (19 cm.) wide., wood stand and box
         HK$1,500,000-2,500,000        US$200,000-320,000
         The current alms bowl appears to be part of a set produced under the
         Qianlong reign in 1737. Two alms bowls, both inscribed with the Heart
         Sutra and the same cylical date, but each featuring different luohans
         to the present bowl, are known. One is illustrated in Gems of Beijing
         Cultural Relics Series, Pottery and Porcelain, vol. II, pls. 203-204. The
         other was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 2820 (fig .1).
         The alms bowl, also known as patra, serve as the food bowl of a monk.
         As a devout Buddhist, the Qianlong Emperor commissioned artworks
         to be created in this shape, in various materials. These include jade,
         cloisonne enamel and lacquer, but examples in porcelain form are
         relatively rare. An example of a blue and white alms bowl is in the
         Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
         Treasures of the Palace Museum - Blue and White Porcelain with
         Underglaze Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 156, no. 142. This alms bowl
         has been associated with records in the Qianlong Jishidang stating that
         the imperial kilns were ordered to produce a blue and white alms bowl
         in the style of Xuande during the third year of Qianlong.

                                                              fig. 1  Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 2820
                                                                  எӬ  㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿     ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚



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