Fine Antique Japanese Sharkskin Glazed ‘Squirrel and Grapes’ Vase by Takeuchi Chubei. Meiji Period

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Very beautiful blue-ground porcelain vase by Meiji artist Takeuchi Chubei decorated in unusual textured ‘sharkskin’ glaze (鮫肌釉). Depicting an auspicious scene with a squirrel among grapevines. The combination of squirrels and grapes is a popular visual rebus in both Chinese and Japanese art and its meaning can be metaphorically translated as a wish for ‘abundance in fortune and offspring’. Base inscribed with characteristic Takeuchi Sei patent number in underglaze blue. Height: cm

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Size: 3529px × 3529px
Photo credit: © Oriental Antiques UK - Asian Art Dealer and Appraiser / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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