Lot 182
BLUE AND WHITE 'QILIN AND MOON ' DISH
SHUNZHI PERIOD
£250
Auction: 3 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清順治 青花麒麟望月紋盤
of circular form, raised from a short straight foot and flared out to an everted rim, the interior painted with a seated mythical creature qilin in a garden setting, depicted with a scaly body and its right front leg half raised, mouth wide-opened and the mane blown by the wind, the top of the interior painted with a hemisphere symbolising the moon, the base inscribed with a square mark within double circles in underglaze blue
Dimensions
16.5cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection
