Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 283
A CHINESE WUCAI BALUSTER VASE AND COVER 2ND HALF 17TH CENTURY Brightly painted with fruiting...
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Description
A CHINESE WUCAI BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
2ND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Brightly painted with fruiting vines in red, yellow, green and aubergine, with many squirrels scampering amidst the fruits and hanging tendrils, a band of peony to the neck, the domed cover similarly decorated, 40cm. (2)
Cf. The World's Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol.7, Musée Guimet, col. pl.83, where a related vase is illustrated.
The vine and squirrel, songshu putao, when seen together represent the wish for ceaseless generations of male descendants.