A rare blue and white porcelain vase, decorated with Christian motifs, probably made for Portuguese Jesuits. Unmarked. China, Ming, around 1620. H. 13.5 cm. See for comparable pieces: - The exhibition Caminhos da Porcelana. Dinastias Ming e Qing, Fundacao, Lisbon, 1998, cat. no. 14; - British Museum, London, published in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 12:61; - Sotheby’s, 30th June 1964, lot 45; - Christie's London, 4th June 1973, lot 116; - Sotheby’s, 12th July 2006, lot 77; - Christie's London, 11th July 2006, lot 174.