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The double-headed eagle, or Habsburg eagle, on this
jar was the emblem used by The Order of St. Augustine,
and they were most likely ordered for the Spanish or New
Spain market. The Spanish Augustinians were established
in Manila in the 15th century, and soon after in Macao,
Mexico and India, during which time they made their frst of
several expeditions to China. Numerous Chinese porcelains
made their way from the Spanish outpost in Manila to
Acapulco during the great eras of the ‘Manila galleon trade’, ao tempo do Imperio - Chinese porcelain at the time of the
defned by J. Mudge as 1573-1620, and again in the late
17th century (Chinese Export Porcelain in North America,
New York, 1986, p. 71). Most of these porcelains were blue
and white, but Mudge mentions approximately 18 armorial
services made for the Mexican market that are represented
in the Franz Mayer collection, Mexico City. See William R.
104 ART D'ASIE · 14 DÉCEMBRE 2016
POTICHE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE DE
LA FAMILLE VERTE ET IMARI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING,
EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
La panse est harmonieusement décorée d’une aigle
bicéphale se répétant à deux reprises en alternance avec
un mon en forme de rosace pendant d’une grenade et
d’une feur de lotus épanouie, sur fond de rinceaux feuris
feuillagés abritant des oiseaux fabuleux à longue queue et
des chimères, le tout rehaussé d’or. La prise du couvercle
est en forme de lion bouddhique ; restauration au couvercle.
Hauteur : 95 cm. (37Ω in.), socle
€20,000-30,000 $22,000-33,000
£18,000-27,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection from the South of France.
A LARGE VERTE-IMARI DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE JAR
AND COVER, PROBABLY FOR THE MEXICAN MARKET
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
清康熙 五彩描金家族紋章蓋罐
來源：
法國南部私人收藏
Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Mexico,
2014, no. Another covered jar, with same design but of
smaller dimension was ofered at Christie’s New York,
20-21 January 2004, lot 307. Plates with the same design
were sold at Christie’s London, 30 April 2015, lot 117 and
Christie’s New York, 21 January 2003, lot 280; William
Sargent mentions that a shard of Imari-decorated Chinese
porcelain with the double-headed eagle was found in the
Zócalo, Mexico City. Nuno de Castro, in A porcelana chinesa
Empire, Portugal/Brasil, 2007, illustrates on pp. 352-356
several examples of Chinese porcelain made for the Order
of St. Augustine, ranging in date from circa 1595 to circa
1770, all of which display the Habsburg eagle.