CHINESE BLUE-GLAZED 'QILIN' HANDLED CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
£1,260
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明 福壽康寧款 藍釉麒麟紋雙獸耳爐
of archaistic gui form, each side decorated with a recumbent mythical creature qilin, the body flanked with a pair of dragon-head handles, the exterior covered in a blue glaze leaving only the qilin decoration unglazed and revealing the reddish buff body, the base inscribed with a four-character ‘Fu Shou Kang Ning (meaning ‘May good fortune and health be with you’)’ mark within a square in underglaze blue
Dimensions
22cm wide