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GRAND BOL EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN
CACHET EN BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG
(1736-1795)

Le bol aux bords largement évasés reposant sur un court pied droit,
l’extérieur est délicatement peint d’une scène continue d’écureuils
courant parmi les pampres et les feuilles de vigne.
Diamètre : 22.5 cm. (8√ in.)

€20,000-30,000 $22,000-33,000
£17,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

Private European collection, acquired in China prior to 1943, and
thence by descent in the family

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES’ BOWL
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清乾隆 青花松鼠葡萄紋碗 六字篆書款

來源：歐洲私人珍藏，1943年前購於中國，現家族傳承

Squirrels climbing amidst grapevines is a motif often seen on Qing
dynasty decorative objects, such us in porcelains, jades or cloisonné
enamel. In Chinese, squirrels allude to a pun with pines, symbol of
longevity. Grapevines signify abundance. Together, they illustrate
good wishes for long life and abundance. Compare with a pair of

bowls of similar size in the Art Gallery, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, see Qing Imperial
Porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and
Qianlong Reigns, pl. 76. Another with a Kangxi
mark is in the Grandidier Collection of the Musée
Guimet, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The
World’s Great Collections, 1981, vol. 7, no. 108.

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