A fine blue and white 'qilin' saucer dish. Shunzhi, four-character mark Yu tang jia qi (fine vessel for the Jade Hall). Photo Bonhams Boldly painted in a soft blue across the entire interior with a large crouching qilin facing backwards and emitting fire...

A rare famille verte 'qilin' wine ewer. Kangxi Modelled as a qilin standing four-square with his head raised high and a short curved spout issuing from its ferocious open jaws, the head framed by moulded circles, the body also moulded with bifurcated...