拍品 345
345
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'JESUIT' JAR
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'JESUIT' JAR

LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE 'JESUIT' JAR
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of baluster form, decorated in cobalt-blue front and back with a sunburst medallion containing a mirror image of the Sacred Monogram of the Society of Jesus with the cross above and three nails below
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

拍品專文

Emblems of the Society of Jesus, founded in 1534, were among the very first Western motifs to appear on Chinese porcelains. Late Ming or Transitional period examples can be seen in the British Museum and in the Museum of Anastacio Goncalves, Lisbon. See M.A.P. de Matos, Chinese Export Porcelain, London, 1996, p. 138. For an example with the IHS in the correct order, see anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 25 January 2000, lot 47.