Jar
1934 (dated)
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Jar of shallow, compressed form with straight foot and upturned mouth. The porcelain greyish-white with pin-holes and grit and "orange-peel" effect on the base. Decorated with bats painted in iron red on a blue enamel ground, with scrollwork in thick yellow, green, pink and white enamels and a pale blue enamel key fret beneath the mouth. Beneath the key fret is an inscription in Chinese written in black: 'A.D.1934 April Wan-gan [i.e. Anhui Jiangxi] diocese, sincere gift as souvenir to the participants in the eighth synod of the Chinese Anglican Church'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Jar, porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), dated 1934 |
| Physical description | Jar of shallow, compressed form with straight foot and upturned mouth. The porcelain greyish-white with pin-holes and grit and "orange-peel" effect on the base. Decorated with bats painted in iron red on a blue enamel ground, with scrollwork in thick yellow, green, pink and white enamels and a pale blue enamel key fret beneath the mouth. Beneath the key fret is an inscription in Chinese written in black: 'A.D.1934 April Wan-gan [i.e. Anhui Jiangxi] diocese, sincere gift as souvenir to the participants in the eighth synod of the Chinese Anglican Church'. |
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| Historical context | The Church of Christ in China came into existence in 1927 and brought together a wide range of Protestant churches and missions, but the Lutherans and the Anglicans would not join. (Stephen Neill, A History of Christian Missions, Pelican History of the Church, Vol. 6, second edition, 1986, p. 407.) If first general assembly of the church was in 1927, the eighth took place in 1934. |
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| Accession number | FE.47-1983 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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