18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL EXPORT MODELS OF QILIN
18th century
Modelled with ferocious expressions looking sharply to the left and right seated on rectangular plinths, their bodies and heads painted brown on the biscuit and incised with naturalistic fur markings, their prominent forehead and single horns under café-au-lait glazes, some underglaze-blue and red enamel outlining, chipped, one beard and one base corner restuck
10in. (25.5cm.) and 10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)
18th century
Modelled with ferocious expressions looking sharply to the left and right seated on rectangular plinths, their bodies and heads painted brown on the biscuit and incised with naturalistic fur markings, their prominent forehead and single horns under café-au-lait glazes, some underglaze-blue and red enamel outlining, chipped, one beard and one base corner restuck
10in. (25.5cm.) and 10¼in. (26cm.) high (2)