Polychrome cloisonné on a copper body, partly gilt
China, 18th / 19th century
Depicted is the mystical creature Qilin on four sturdy legs with gilt hooves and raised head
Almost graphic, turquoise colored scales
The face is decorated with brown squares on a blue background
Slighly open mouth with gilt teeth
Mane, whiskers, beard, eye brows, horns and tail are gilded
Dimensions, each: 20 x 31 cm
Good condition
Comparable Cloisonné Qilin figures are found in the Qing collection of the Palace Museum Beijing, illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2002, p. 168, no. 160, as well as in the exhibition Five Colors: Chinese Cloisonné Vessels on Loan from the Mandel Family Collection, Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas 2010.
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A CHINESE STRIPED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
2-3/8 inches high (6.0 cm)
The compressed rectangular iridescent snuff bottle with a quartz stopper and applied paper label, monogrammed JS.
Condition
Slight lifting of the label, scoop is intact, natural inclusions to the quartz stopper.
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