The large dish decorated in the famille verte palette, with a lady sit next to a table surrounded by a rich furniture with object, playing, amused, a cat in front of her.
The large dish decorated in the famille verte palette, with a lady sit next to a table surrounded by a rich furniture with object, playing, amused, a cat in front of her.
The cat is traditionally an auspicious animal in China. The word for cat in Chinese mao is homophonous with the word for the ripe age between eighty and ninety (mao), making the cat a symbol of longevity. Cats are believed to have been introduced into China by Buddhist monks, and are known to have the ability to capture rodents that could destroy a family’s wealth. Because of their superior eyesight, cats in China were believed to ward-off evil spirits as well as mice. European iconography of the period also featured frequent feline imagery portraying the animal as both playful and mischievous.
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