A porcelain bowl with a grisaille decoration depicting a religious subject: a missionary carrying a sheaf of wheat as he passes through the gate of a monastery. A child can be seen within the sheaf of wheat.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

This scene depicts the “Provender of the Monastery”

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical decoration, see :

– Imagens do Cristianismo na Porcelana da China, Jorge Welsh, 2002, p.104, Fig. 36.

PROVENANCE :

Private French collection

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