A FINE AND RARE BRONZE 'QILIN' CENSER AND COVER QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The mythical animal is cast sitting on its haunches on a rockwork ground, modelled with a single horn atop its head between floppy ears, finely detailed with bulging eyes under heavy curled eyebrows, the mouth agape exposing a tongue between rows of teeth and fangs, the chin with tufts of fur falling on a ridged neck, bearing the reign mark, the body variously detailed with ruyi -shaped scales, its back with a square aperture revealing the hollow body, fitted with a correspondingly shaped openwork cover 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
A FINE AND RARE BRONZE 'QILIN' CENSER AND COVER QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The mythical animal is cast sitting on its haunches on a rockwork ground, modelled with a single horn atop its head between floppy ears, finely detailed with bulging eyes under heavy curled eyebrows, the mouth agape exposing a tongue between rows of teeth and fangs, the chin with tufts of fur falling on a ridged neck, bearing the reign mark, the body variously detailed with ruyi -shaped scales, its back with a square aperture revealing the hollow body, fitted with a correspondingly shaped openwork cover 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
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