LATE 20TH C (C. 1980)
PORCELAIN WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE DECORATION.
A PAIR OF LARGE PORCELAIN JARS OF OVOID FORM WITH BROAD SHOULDERS TAPERING TO A NARROW FOOT. EACH IS APPLIED AT THE SHOULDER WITH FOUR KNOTTED MOCK-RING HANDLES. THE MAIN BODIES ARE VIBRANTLY PAINTED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH A LARGE QILIN (MYTHICAL BEAST) DEPICTED AMIDST RUYI-SHAPED CLOUDS, SET ABOVE A BAND OF TURBULENT WAVES AT THE BASE. THE SHOULDER FEATURES A LATTICE DIAPER BAND BELOW A HORIZONTAL SIX-CHARACTER APOCRYPHAL XUANDE MARK READING DA MING XUAN DE NIAN ZHI
APPROX. 18 IN HIGH
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ MOCK-HANDLE VASES
LATE 20TH C (C. 1980) PORCELAIN WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE DECORATION. A PAIR OF LARGE PORCELAIN JARS OF OVOID FORM WITH BROAD SHOULDERS TAPERING TO A NARROW FOOT. EACH IS APPLIED AT THE SHOULDER WITH FOUR KNOTTED MOCK-RING HANDLES. THE MAIN BODIES ARE VIBRANTLY PAINTED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH A LARGE QILIN (MYTHICAL BEAST) DEPICTED AMIDST…