A Chinese blue and white vase of lobed form, decorated with squirrels (or other small mammals) and fruit, 14cm high, with glazed base, late Ming/early Qing
Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman; from a Private UK Collection.
For a very similar example, compare 'Ashmolean Museum/Eastern Ceramics and other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger' [ISBN 090009078 2], page 25. The Ashmolean Example, is of similar dimension at 13 cm high, and is attributed to the early 17th Century; it also depicts a pair of mammals, thought to be tree shrews (Anathana Ellioti).