
The mythical animal recumbent with its front and back legs tucked under its body, the stone of a whitish-pale green tone, with minor russet inclusions and flaws to the back legs and to the books
Length: 7cm
Provenance: Purchased from Johnson Walker Jewellers, Burlington Arcade, London, 2008.
The subject of the qilin spitting out a jade book is visual pun meaning ‘May you give birth to an illustrious son’ (lintu yushu).