Jar with the emblem of the Order of Saint Augustine, ca. 1575–1600, Chinese, made for export, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze, Overall (confirmed): 10 3/16 × 9 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (25.9 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, The primary motif on this jar—a double-headed eagle clutching a heart pierced with arrows—served as the emblem of the Catholic Order of Saint Augustine. In the sixteenth century, Augustinian friars established monasteries in Mexico, the Philippines, and Macau (in Southern China); the jar may have been produced for missionaries in one of these locations
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Jar, emblem, Order, Saint Augustine, ca, 1575–1600, Chinese, export, Porcelain painted, cobalt blue under, transparent glaze, Overall, confirmed, 10 3/16, 9 1/4, 25.9, 23.5, 23.5 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, primary, motif, jar— double-headed, eagle, clutching, heart pierced, arrows—served, Catholic Order, sixteenth century, Augustinian friars, established, monasteries, Mexico, Philippines, Macau, Southern China, jar, produced, missionaries, locations
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