THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LATE MING BRONZE STANDING QILIN CENSER AND COVER
16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A LATE MING BRONZE STANDING QILIN CENSER AND COVER
16th/17th century
Cast standing four-square with head turned sharply to the right, jaws agape and teeth bared below the single horn and curly mane and eyebrows, a saddle-blanket incised with a lotus meander draped over its back and hanging down between the clawed feet, the high domed cover cast as a reticulated lotus-scroll surmounted by a similar smaller beast, minute hole to side, small rim chips
8in. (20cm.) wide
16th/17th century
Cast standing four-square with head turned sharply to the right, jaws agape and teeth bared below the single horn and curly mane and eyebrows, a saddle-blanket incised with a lotus meander draped over its back and hanging down between the clawed feet, the high domed cover cast as a reticulated lotus-scroll surmounted by a similar smaller beast, minute hole to side, small rim chips
8in. (20cm.) wide