12th Mar, 2019 10:00 EST
Asian Arts
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A matched pair of blue and white porcelain "Qilin and Foreign Attendants" dishes
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
The interior decorated with two foreigners, one bering a ruyi head, the other an elephant tusk, flanking a caparisoned qilin, in a landscape, lotus-scroll border, the outside adorned with lanterns and auspicious treasures. Six character mark to the underside. NOTE: for another dish of this pattern, see the example sold Sotheby's, London, November 12, 2003, lot 155.
Dia: 8 in., 20.3 cm
Provenance: Property from a Pennsylvania private collection.
Sold for $12,000
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
The interior decorated with two foreigners, one bering a ruyi head, the other an elephant tusk, flanking a caparisoned qilin, in a landscape, lotus-scroll border, the outside adorned with lanterns and auspicious treasures. Six character mark to the underside. NOTE: for another dish of this pattern, see the example sold Sotheby's, London, November 12, 2003, lot 155.
Provenance: Property from a Pennsylvania private collection.
