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A BROWN YIXING 'UNICORN' VASE, ZUN
SIGNED CHEN ZHONGMEI, DATED TIANQI XINYOU (1621)
The archaistic beast standing four-square, its head turned upward, and mouth wide opened exposing the tongue, the back set with a wide trumpet neck rising to a flared rim, marked in kaishu, Tianqi xinyou Zhongmei zhi--7¼in. (18.5cm.) high, box
SIGNED CHEN ZHONGMEI, DATED TIANQI XINYOU (1621)
The archaistic beast standing four-square, its head turned upward, and mouth wide opened exposing the tongue, the back set with a wide trumpet neck rising to a flared rim, marked in kaishu, Tianqi xinyou Zhongmei zhi--7¼in. (18.5cm.) high, box