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A BLUE AND WHITE `QILIN' BASIN The unusual depiction of the scaly qilin in the present basin appears to be
LATE MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY inspired by depictions on the Yuan-dynasty blue and white wares, such
as the dish in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul, illustrated by R.
The basin is decorated on the interior with a qilin leaping within rocky
Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London, 1986, vol. II,
landscape. The cavetto is decorated with three sections of landscapes with
p. 401, no. 563.
pavilions, below the everted rim reverse-decorated with ruyi scrolls. The
exterior is decorated with flower and leafy sprays, and the base is inscribed
with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
晚明 十七世紀初 青花麒麟山水圖盆
14√ in. (37.8 cm.) diam. box
$10,000-15,000
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