https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/16596/fullSaucer with Kakiemon Decorationca.1735-1740[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@9837]Soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsChantilly is one of the many European factories that turned to Japanese porcelain as a source of inspiration. This saucer is decorated in the Kakiemon style and shows the “squirrel and grape” design. According to Chinese and Japanese cultures, images of grapes and squirrel signified a wish for many sons. However, European decorators who did not know the meaning of the motif mistook the squirrel for a rat.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@420https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/7471/rdf