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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ INCENSE HOLDER Compare a vessel of the same date and form catalogued as an incense
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE holder and decorated in wucai enamels in the Percival David Foundation at
AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) the British Museum, number PDF.713, illustrated in Rebecca Feng, Ming
The vessel is moulded as a qilin with its mouth open and seated on its Colours Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen, London, Percival David
haunches with its tripartite tail ficked upwards. Its face, scales, tail, and Foundation, 2006.
details are depicted in various shades of underglaze blue, and the vessel is
marked along the back of its horn.
4¿ in. (10.6 cm.) long 明萬曆 青花麒麟形香插 六字楷書款
£15,000-20,000 $22,000-28,000 來源: 法國第戎區私人珍藏
€18,000-23,000

PROVENANCE
Property from a private French collection in Dijon.

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