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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ SAUCER DISH
SIX CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1573-1620
The shallow body rising from a tapering foot to a slightly flared rim, painted with a
central medallion enclosing a qilin supporting a lantern decorated with banners on
its back, the mythical beast flanked by two attendants, one wielding a sword and the
other holding a ruyi-head, the scene surrounded by a scrolling border of eight lotus
flowers, with lanterns divided by beribboned precious objects to the reverse, 20.5cm.
£5,000-6,000
Provenance: formerly an American private collection.
Cf. Sotheby’s London, 6th June 1967, lot 144 for another Wanli blue and white dish with
this design; see also Sotheby’s London, 12th November 2003, lot 155 for a further example.

明萬曆 青花麒麟獻寶紋盤
《大明萬曆年製》青花楷書款
來源：美國私人舊藏。

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