A RARE BLUE AND WHITE CRUCIFIXION BOWL the sides painted with a detailed scene of the Crucifixion beneath a plaque inscribed 'INRI' between a lady at the right and left, all below a band of cloud-scrolls around the everted rim, the interior with a central circular panel containing a flaming pearl, below a band of overlapping ruyi-heads around the rim (rim cracks and chips), Kangxi

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE CRUCIFIXION BOWL the sides painted with a detailed scene of the Crucifixion beneath a plaque inscribed 'INRI' between a lady at the right and left, all below a band of cloud-scrolls around the everted rim, the interior with a central circular panel containing a flaming pearl, below a band of overlapping ruyi-heads around the rim (rim cracks and chips), Kangxi
15cm. diam.

Lot Essay

For a similar bowl , cf. Jourdain & Jenyns, op. cit. p.86, British Museum, another bowl in Museum de Caramulo, Portugal, cf. Beurdeley, op. cit., Cat 27

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