A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

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Description

ceramic
Height: 14 inches, 35.5 cm

the globular lower bulb painted with two quatrefoil panels each containing a qilin seated in a walled garden setting, flanked by detached floral sprigs, the shoulders collared by a floral scroll below a slender ovoid upper lobe, painted with further detached floral scrolls

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 30th March 2006, lot 300.

Catalogue Note

The qilin is an auspicious animal and is one of the four great mythical animals of China. It was believed to be the noblest of all animals and the symbol of longevity, grandeur, felicity, illustrious offspring, and wise administration.