GALERIE NICOLAS FOURNERY

A large Chinese famille rose charger decorated with shrews . Late Yongzheng/early Qianlong period.

Decorated in famille rose enamels, with shrews on peony branches, surrounded by fruiting vine, within a dense and elaborate border.

Country:
China
Period :
Late Yongzheng (1723-1735), early Qianlong (1736-1795), circa 1730/40
Material:
Porcelain
Dimension:
14.56 in. (37 cm)
Reference :
B589
Status:
sold

Related works

For a set of six plates, see Cohen & Cohen, London, Games of Bowls, 2014, p. 104, no. 74.

Notice

The use of the shrew with the fruit is linked to a rebus connected to the wish for many offspring to continue the family. The rat (or squirrel/shrew) is shu in Chinese and when gathering fruit, symbolises industry, the trailing vine with seeds represents a long family lineage.

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