Swatow bulb bowl with qilins, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, China, 1572-1620. Artist: Unknown

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Swatow bulb bowl with qilins, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, China, 1572-1620. A Swatow bulb bowl with three stout plain legs covered (other than the base and interior) with a blue glaze of dark cloudy colour with three qilins alternating with flaming pearls in white slip with incised details. The base has a six character Wanli mark in underglaze blue under white glaze and the piece is of the period.

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Size: 2842px × 2212px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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