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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS' STAND, AND EUROPEAN GILT-BRONZE CRUCIFIX

THE STAND YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG, CIRCA 1730-40, THE CRUCIFIX PROBABLY PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS' STAND, AND EUROPEAN GILT-BRONZE CRUCIFIX
THE STAND YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG, CIRCA 1730-40, THE CRUCIFIX PROBABLY PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The sturdy porcelain trefoil stand moulded on each face with pink enamel acanthus leaves around a yellow and blue-glazed emblem of The Order of St. Francis of Assisi on each face, the three corners with pale blue and turquoise cell and trellis-pattern grounds, all supported on three compressed ball feet; the gilt-bronze figure of Christ paste-set in ruby-red on the hands and feet with a titular plaque inscribed INRI above, the crucifix terminals with cherubim and acanthus leaf motifs
Overall height 35 in. (89 cm.)

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See Nuno de Castro, Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, Oporto, 1988, p. 86 for a famille rose altar vase with the heraldic device depicted very similarly and in the same enamels as that in the present lot; it is also encircled by pink acanthus leaves, although the vase is also decorated with scrolling flowers and ornate bands and lappets. This vase, or a very similar one, was included in the exhibition Reflections, Symbols and Images of Christianity on Chinese Porcelain, Museu de São Roque, 1997, catalogue no. 47, p. 112; Chinese bottle vases decorated in underglaze blue and white with very similar heraldic devices are also recorded. However, the exact convents or monasteries for which these items were ordered have not been established.

The unusual shape of this stand is closely related to the lower sections of a pair of slightly earlier verte-Imari candlesticks which bear the arms of Francisco José de Sampaio Melo e Castro (see Nuno de Castro, op.cit., p. 67 for a monteith with these arms), and which sold Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 109.