A FAMILLE VERTE BOY AND QILIN PORCELAIN GINGER...
A FAMILLE VERTE BOY AND QILIN PORCELAIN GINGER JAR
China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
Adorned in the Famille Verte palette with a highly desirable continuous scene depicting a standing mother with her boy as well as a Qilin, the Chinese unicorn believed to deliver a boy. Offered at auction together with a wooden stand and and a wooden lid.
H (with the stand and the lid): 29 cm - H (without the stand and the lid): 21,5 cm
Notes:
1. This jar has to be noted for the refined quality of its painting.
2. It is adorned with a highly auspicious subject, that of having a long-lasting descendance and, above all, a boy. Indeed, the qilin (Ã â ¡Ã Ã â ¡Æ ) or Chinese unicorn represents good luck , prosperity, goodwill and benevolence but it also believed to announce the birth of a boy.
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A FAMILLE VERTE BOY AND QILIN PORCELAIN GINGER JAR
China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
Adorned in the Famille Verte palette with a highly desirable continuous scene depicting a standing mother with her boy as well as a Qilin, the Chinese unicorn believed to deliver a boy. Offered at auction together with a wooden stand and and a wooden lid.
H (with the stand and the lid): 29 cm - H (without the stand and the lid): 21,5 cm
Notes:
1. This jar has to be noted for the refined quality of its painting.
2. It is adorned with a highly auspicious subject, that of having a long-lasting descendance and, above all, a boy. Indeed, the qilin (Ã â ¡Ã Ã â ¡Æ ) or Chinese unicorn represents good luck , prosperity, goodwill and benevolence but it also believed to announce the birth of a boy.