A RARE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE 'CRUCIFIXION' JAR, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD | 清康熙 外銷青花十字架紋罐
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June 15, 01:53 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE 'CRUCIFIXION' JAR
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 外銷青花十字架紋罐
the globular body rising from a short recessed foot to a short tapering neck, painted to the front and rear with a crucifixion scene alternating with leafy lotus scrolls, all below a pendent ruyi band at the shoulder and a lotus scroll band at the rim
Height 23 cm, 9 in.
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Compare a very similar 'Crucifixion' jar, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in Clare Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain. Patterns of Exchange, New York, 1974, p. 17, where the author notes the relationship between the scrolling floral decoration found on this jar and Chinese export embroidered ecclesiastical textiles. For another pair of jars of this type, sold in Sotheby's Monaco, 13th February 1983, lot 263; compare also with a single jar with ormolu mounts, sold in Christie's New York, 28th January 2013, lot 407.