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.
8.¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box inscribed by the scholar Kushi Takushin (1898-1974)

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

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Lot Essay

Compare to several Qianlong-marked bowls with this decoration, including one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2014, lot 3234; one sold at Christie’s Paris, 20 June 2017, lot 216; one included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, no. 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, no. 76.

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