Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 129
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID 'QILIN' VASE
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £4800
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID 'QILIN' VASE
TRANSITIONAL C.1640
Painted with a scaly qilin seated in a rocky fenced garden, with stylised flames around the mythical beast, the landscape rich with leafy plantain trees, with mountains visible in the distance, together with a wood cover pierced with flowering prunus, 27.4cm. (2)