A Chinese Dutch-decorated 'crucifixion' bowl
Mid 18th Century
Enamelled with Christ on the cross between a mourning figure of Mary and St. John, in the distance a hilly landscape with a church, encircled at the rim with an iron-red and gilt spearhead border, the interior decorated with symbols of the Passion, a crown of thorns, nails and a hammer
13.9 cm. diam.
A Chinese Dutch-decorated 'crucifixion' bowl
Mid 18th Century
Enamelled with Christ on the cross between a mourning figure of Mary and St. John, in the distance a hilly landscape with a church, encircled at the rim with an iron-red and gilt spearhead border, the interior decorated with symbols of the Passion, a crown of thorns, nails and a hammer
13.9 cm. diam.
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