Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms

Chinese, for Portuguese market

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201

While the doglike lions illustrate a Chinese theme, the Portuguese coat of arms and the armillary sphere (a type of celestial globe) are often found on works made for Portugal in the early sixteenth century. The letters "I.H.S.," a well-known Latin reference to Jesus Christ, would later be adopted by the Jesuits (Society of Jesus founded in 1534) as a symbol for their order.

Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market

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Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms, Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware), Chinese, for Portuguese market

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