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Chinese famille rose 'squirrel & vines' coffee cup and saucer.
Qianlong (1736-95).
Moulded with brown squirrels clambering over polychrome vines. The saucer decorated in the centre with a roundel containing a flower-head.
Squirrels and grapevines were a popular artistic motif used during the Ming and Qing dynasties, symbolizing a wish for generations of sons and grandsons.
For more information see; Terese Tse Bartholomew, 'Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art', (San Francisco, 2006), p. 79.
Dimensions
Diameter of saucer: 4.6in., 11.7cmCondition report
1 tendril to cup broken, 2 tendrils and 1 grape broken to saucer.Stock number
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