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來源：仁德齋收藏，得於1949至1970年代之間紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1213 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION ; A RARE DOUBLE-GOURD ENAMEL ‘ABSTINENCE’ PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD delicately painted in bright enamels, inscribed one one side with the characters Zhai jie in blue enamel, the reverse with the two characters in Manchu, both sides with two pink-enameled bats in flight and framed by gourds and small white blossoms amidst entwined tendrils, all reserved on a pale green ground, within a gilt-bronze border, with an attached orange silk tassel Length 2. in., 6.5 cm ;PROVENANCE ,Rende Zhai Collection, acquired between 1949 and the 1970s. Christie’s New York, 15th September 2011, lot 1213. The term Zhai jie refers to the ceremonial requirement for abstinence before one worshiped the ancestors, the Heavens or other deities. The ritual cleansing of the body from within, which usually lasted for three days, involved abstention from meat, intoxicants, intimate relations and the five strong-smelling vegetables. ‘Abstinence’ plaques were made in various materials, including jade, bamboo, painted enamel and porcelain. Compare two similarly-decorated double-gourd form enamel ‘abstinence’ plaques, the first sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2008, lot 2611; the second, from the collection of Luís Esteves Fernandes, sold at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 22nd May 2013, lot 26.
