拍品专文
In the Qing court, before important ceremonies the Emperor was expected to abstain from indulgences, and pendants were worn suspended from the belt to indicate such ritual cleansing; for a further discussion cf. Wan Yi and Shuqing an Lu Yanzhen, Daily Life in the Forbidden City, p. 292. Such pendants were made out of a variety of different materials but their function is always indicated by inscriptions in both Chinese and Manchurian.
It is unusual to find plaques of this type carved from crystal, they are more commonly found produced in porcelain and decorated in a famille rose palette such as the plaque included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1977, Catalogue, no. 92.
For the few existing abstinence pendants in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taibei, see Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories, Catalogue, pp. 234, 242, and 244.
Compare also an Imperial tortoiseshell "abstinence" pendant, included in the Magnificent Jadeite Jewellery Sale, was sold in these Rooms, 5 November 1996, lot 1201.
(US$7,000-9,000)
It is unusual to find plaques of this type carved from crystal, they are more commonly found produced in porcelain and decorated in a famille rose palette such as the plaque included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1977, Catalogue, no. 92.
For the few existing abstinence pendants in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taibei, see Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Costume Accessories, Catalogue, pp. 234, 242, and 244.
Compare also an Imperial tortoiseshell "abstinence" pendant, included in the Magnificent Jadeite Jewellery Sale, was sold in these Rooms, 5 November 1996, lot 1201.
(US$7,000-9,000)