| Title |
Jug with Portuguese arms |
| Location Country |
China (origin) |
| Style Period |
16th Century Art |
| Description |
Jingdezhen ware; made in China for Portuguese market; This ewer with the Portuguese royal arms is witness to the first East-West trade in Chinese porcelain carried on by the Portuguese in the mid-sixteenth century. The form is neither Chinese nor European; rather, it is based on an Islamic metalwork vessel made for the Near Eastern market that was appropriated for the new European trade. The Chinese painters have misunderstood the Portuguese coat of arms, which appears upside down. |
| Subject |
Ceramics |
| Creation Date |
ca. 1520 - 1540 CE |
| Form |
object |
| Medium |
hard-paste porcelain with cobalt under transparent glaze |
| Dimensions |
H: 7-3/8" |
| Repository |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York United States) |
| Classes |
ARTH 1010 Module 6: Early Modern Europe and its Networks, Module 10: Review |
| Source |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Work ID |
23708 |
| Rights |
Public Domain |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jh7frj |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
1277288 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jh7frj |
