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
The subject of the qilin spitting out a jade book is visual pun meaning ‘May you give birth to an illustrious son’ (lintu yushu).
明崇禎 鳥形祥瑞香盒 The rounded sides of the box rising from a recessed unglazed base, painted with scrolling lingzhi, the domed cover moulded to simulate the
明天啟 青花桃型香盒 The rounded sides rising from a flat unglazed base and painted with two flower sprays, the interior with an oval compartment divided by
明天啟 五彩石榴紋盤 The steep rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to an everted rim, painted to the interior with branches of fruiting peach,
The recumbent animal with its head turned to the left to face its hind quarters, its legs tucked under its body, its longer left horn resting
明天啟 青花市松紋樣指日高昇皿 The sloping sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, painted to the interior with with an immortal standing on
Naturalistically carved in shallow relief with lotus and lingzhi to the head and prunus, peony and pine to the shaft and narcissus to the ruyi-shaped terminal.
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