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清乾隆 黃地粉彩「佛日常明」碗
青花「乾隆年製」楷書款
Provenance: an English private collection
來源: 英國私人收藏
According to the archives of the Zaobanchu, on the 22nd day of the 12th month in the first year of the Qianlong reign (1736), the Emperor issued an edict approving the design featuring the inscription 'The sun of Buddha shines eternally' 佛日常明 fo ri chang ming on a yellow-ground with blue Tibetan floral patterns, calling for the production of both large and small dishes, as well as large and small bowls, following this design. See The Archives of the Imperial Workshop of the Qing Imperial Household Department, vol.7, Beijing, 2007, p.207. See a similar yellow-ground famille rose 'fo ri chang ming' bowl, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, illustrated by Chen Shilong, Lidai ciqi shoucang he jianshang, Changsha, 2017, p.202.
The style of the present famille rose fo ri chang ming bowl became an established form of the Imperial kilns and continued to be produced through the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns. A related bowl with similar decoration, Jiaqing seal mark and of the period, is illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.378. See also a very similarly decorated Daoguang bowl in the Simon Kwan collection, illustrated in Imperial porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, p.65, no.39.
Compare with a similar pair of fo ri chang ming bowls, Qianlong four-character marks and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2024, lot 27