Antique Chinese 16/17C Porcelain Grapes Squirrel Ming
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Antique Chinese 16/17C Porcelain Grapes Squirrel Ming
Description
A very nicely decorated bowl with a decoration of fishes/carps and what seems to be grass and flowers.
The glaze is quite mate, like pieces of a shipwreck.
Fish
Fish – Yu – Fish in Chinese sounds like the word for “Abundance and Affluence” so the fish symbolizes wealth. Fish shown with a lotus blossom symbolize “Year after Year may you live in Affluence”.
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