A BLUE AND WHITE 'QILIN' ROULEAU VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the cylindrical body spiritedly painted in bright tones of cobalt blue with two qilin, in mutual gaze, each standing on a rocky promontory emerging from roiling, cresting waves, above an open-beaked bird soaring low in search of prey, the neck with a single raised fillet and a series of crenellated, scroll and ruyi-head borders

Collection of Walter F. Price (b. 1858), San Francisco, acquired from Vickery, Atkins and Torrey, San Francisco in the 1920s-30s.

The base is drilled for use as lamp. Otherwise, the vase is in generally good condition with only minor expected surface wear (including a shallow chip to the underside of the footring).
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