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ANOTHER PROPERTY PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A BLUE AND WHITE BOWL A RARE BLUE AND WHITE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ‘SQUIRRELS AND GRAPEVINE’ BOWL
AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820) DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
The bowl has rounded sides and is decorated on the exterior with stylized WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
foliate motifs separated by foliate arabesques, and on the interior with a The exterior of the shallow, rounded body is decorated with squirrels
central roundel enclosing a stylized design of conjoined leafy C-scrolls. scampering amidst grape vines between double-line borders above and below.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam., cloth box 8æ in. (22 cm.) diam.
$12,000-15,000 $10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
The Erik Nostrom (1884-1971) Collection. Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 211.
清嘉慶 青花忍冬紋盌 六字篆書款
The unusual decoration on this bowl can also be seen on a bowl of Qianlong
date, and of equally large size, but with deep rounded sides, illustrated in
Zhongguo taoci daxi; qingdai taoci daquan, Taipei, 1987-89, p. 223. Another
related bowl dated to the Guangxu period, also with deeper sides and of
slightly less accomplished execution, is illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 36 - Blue and White Porcelain with
Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 177, no. 162.
清道光 青花松鼠葡萄圖盌 雙圈六字楷書款

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