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383 A BLUE AND WHITE ⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞Ძ呍㦎㤱ృ⯹
‘SQUIRREL AND Ȩ๔⌲Ꮴ⛆Ꭱ㸪ȩ
GRAPE’ BOWL
Kangxi Mark and Period
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the deep rounded sides rising from a straight A similar bowl in Palace Museum Collection, Roger Keverne Ltd ⧍侚2001䎃
foot to an everted rim, the exterior ! nely Beijing is illustrated in Chen Runmin, Qing
painted in inky tones with a continuous broad Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Qing Dynasty
frieze of numerous squirrels clambering Blue and White Porcelains of the Shunzhi and
among scrolling grape vines issuing curling Kangxi Periods], Beijing, 2005, pl. 120. Another
leaves and clusters of fruit, the tiny furry bowl of this pattern with a Kangxi reign
animals peeking out from behind leaves and mark from the Grandidier Collection in the
dashing along the branches, all between Musée Guimet, Paris is illustrated in Oriental
double lines at the rim and foot, the base with Ceramics, The World’s Greatest Collections,
a six-character mark in underglaze blue within Tokyo, 1981, vol. 7, pl. 108.
a double circle, coll. no. 246.
Diameter 8¾ in., 22.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, Ltd., London, 2001.
$ 25,000-35,000
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