A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPES' BOWL
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPES' BOWL
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPES' BOWL

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPES' BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The exterior of the bowl is delicately painted in various vibrant shades of cobalt blue with a continuous scene of squirrels clambering on leafy fruiting grapevines, all framed within a double line encircling the mouth and foot.
8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 1999, lot 668

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Compare to another Qianlong-marked bowl with this decoration included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 10; and a pair in The Chinese University of Hong Kong Museum illustrated in their 1995 exhibition Catalogue, Qing Imperial Porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, pl. 76. Compare also a bowl of this design with a Kangxi reign mark from the Grandidier Collection, in the Musee Guimet, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, 1981, vol. 7, no. 108.

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