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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LUOHAN’
ALMS BOWL AND COVER

DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO QIANLONG CYCLICAL
DINGSI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1737 AND OF THE
PERIOD

The bowl is of deep, tapered form, painted with a luohan with a
subdued tiger and inscribed around the exterior with the Heart
Sutra, followed by a cyclical date, dingsi. The cover is further
painted with a seated luohan holding a fan.
7 Ω in. (19 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, box

HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000

PROVENANCE detail
細部
Knapton & Rasti, London, acquired in 2001
fig. 1
The shape of this bowl appears to be based on that of the simple 圖一
alms bowl, or patra, which served as the food bowl of a monk.
During the 18th century this shape was translated in various
materials. The Qianlong Emperor was a devout Buddhist, and
numerous Buddhist implements and art works were created under
his direction. Many alms bowls were made during his reign in
jade, cloisonné enamel and lacquer, but that of porcelain are
relatively rare.

A Qianlong period blue and white alms bowl and cover inscribed
with the Heart Sutra and the exact same cyclicate date, but with
a different luohan, is illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics
Series, Pottery and Porcelain, vol. II, pls.203-204. (fig. 1)

清乾隆丁巳年（1737）
青花般若波羅蜜多心經羅漢蓋缽

缽豐肩，鼓腹，腹以下漸收。側面繪伏虎羅漢，蓋面羅漢則手持芭
蕉扇；主體以青花楷書般若波羅蜜多心經，並有乾隆丁巳年冬月敬
獻落款，時為乾隆二年（公元1737年）。經文書寫整齊劃一，羅漢
及虎刻畫細膩，青花發色純正濃艷，甚為難得。可參考一件造型與
紋飾均與本蓋缽近似之青花經文蓋缽，為北京萬壽寺舊藏，載於
《北京文物精粹大系-陶瓷卷下》，北京，2003年，圖版203-204號
（圖一），惟其一側所繪羅漢手持芭蕉扇，蓋面羅漢則雙手捧經。

來源
Knapton & Rasti，倫敦，2001 年入藏

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