清乾隆 黃地粉彩纏枝花卉紋葫蘆式齋戒牌

decorated with a ribbon around the waist, one side painted with two panels enclosing the characters zhaijie (abstinence), surrounded by a delicate floral scroll against a yellow ground, the reverse similarly decorated with the panels reading bolgomi karga ('purity charm [pendant]') in Manchu script, brocade box

Good condition with a triangular area of retouching to the top (0.4x0.3cm), some minute enamel flakes, minor rubbing to the gilding and other general surface wear.
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「齋戒」指在祭祖、祭天或其他祭祀儀式前清淨身心，節制嗜慾之禮數。大典前三日，便要行齋戒之禮，沐浴淨身，禁食肉，禁飲酒，禁情慾以及禁五葷。齋戒牌材質多樣，常見材料有玉、竹、畫琺瑯及瓷。

可比較兩例相似葫蘆式齋戒牌，其一售於香港蘇富比2008年10月8日，編號2611；其二原為仁德齋珍藏，後售於紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1213，近期再度售於紐約佳士得2017年9月13日，編號145。