Jar

Chinese, for European market

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The unusual way in which the leaves and flowers have been drawn suggests the original design was an embroidery. Such combinations of a religious subject with highly decorative ornament are often seen on English embroidered book covers of the mid-seventeenth century.

Jar, Hard-paste porcelain, Chinese, for European market

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