Lot 47
47
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'CRUCIFIXION' OVIFORM JAR painted on both sides with a detailed scene of the Crucifixion beneath a plaque inscribed INRI, each Cross flanked by long elaborate curling leafy scrolls, he drawing cross-hatched in an unusual technique recalling woodblock prints or embroidery (two small chips inside the rim), Kangxi, wood cover

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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'CRUCIFIXION' OVIFORM JAR painted on both sides with a detailed scene of the Crucifixion beneath a plaque inscribed INRI, each Cross flanked by long elaborate curling leafy scrolls, he drawing cross-hatched in an unusual technique recalling woodblock prints or embroidery (two small chips inside the rim), Kangxi, wood cover
23cm. high

Lot Essay

For a similar design see Le Corbeillier, China Trade Porcelain, Patterns of Exchange, pl.3, for a discussion of the floral motif linking it to contemporary European embroidery

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