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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TWO-HANDLED ‘JESUIT’ JAR A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘NINE CHILONG’ BOWL
Wanli Yutang Jiaqi mark, Wanli
The globular body decorated with two medallions comprising four The exterior painted with four adult front-facing chilong with curling
ruyi heads around a central flowerhead, flanked by further ruyi heads bifurcated tails, each holding a leafy spray in its mouth, alternating
issuing from leafy tendrils, the short, waisted neck decorated with with the smaller chilong crouching above lingzhi fungi borne on leafy
interlocking lozenges and ribbons, the c-shaped handles with scrolling scrolling tendril, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a further
clouds, the base with a stylised Jesuit cross within a double circle. striding chilong.
9.8cm (3 7/8in) high 34.6cm (13 1/2in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY39,000 - 58,000 £3,000 - 5,000 CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000 HK$35,000 - 59,000

明萬曆 外銷耶穌會青花團紋綬帶耳小罐 明萬曆 青花九龍銜靈芝紋大盌
青花「玉堂佳器」款
Provenance: a distinguished European private collection
Provenance: a distinguished European private collection
來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏
來源： 歐洲顯赫私人收藏
The blue and white Christian cross painted on the base indicates
that this rare vessel was made by special commission for the Society
of Jesus. Compare a related blue and white jar, circa 1650, with an
IHS emblem, illustrated by N.de Castro in Chinese Porcelain and the
Heraldry of the Empire, Oporto, 1988, p.37, where the author notes
that it was probably made for the College of Goa.

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