Baptismal Font
Baptismal Font
Place of OriginJapan, Nagata Province
DateEdo Period (1615-1868), 1600s
DimensionsH: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); Diam: 7 1/3 (18.6 cm); Depth: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
MediumStoneware, known as Hagi ware.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1930.42
Not on View
DescriptionRounded, elliptical form; inside grooved and spiraled surface; outside, 2 crosses; and half circles at each end of sunray motif.
Label TextThe Jesuits were the first Christian missionaries to arrive in Japan in the mid-16th century. The cross and sunbursts on this vessel are a blend of Christian and Japanese images used by the Jesuits to symbolize baptism in the early years of Christianity in Japan.Exhibition HistoryJapan Society Exhibition, New York, 1914, No. 40.
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1800
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1810
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Song Dynasty (960-1280)
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Ashikaga Period (1394-1587)
Muromachi Period (1392-1568), about 1450
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Reign of Kangxi (1662-1722)
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
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