A Carved Red, Yellow, Green and Black Lacquer 'Qilin' Dish Incised Mark and Period of Jiajing of circular form with shallow everted sides supported on a ribbed tapered foot, finely carved in varied levels of relief revealing multiple layers of red, yellow, black and green lacquer, the interior with a qilin galloping above cragged rocks, bamboo shoots and a cluster of yellow lingzhi set between a large gnarled pine and a lush plantain, and a among three scattered auspicious items, its dragon head turned sharply to the left and its powerful scaly body issuing flames, all enclosed within a barbed frame reserved on a yellow and green border, the cavetto further decorated with two green and two ochre-yellow dragons striding among ruyi-shaped clouds within barbed panels alternating with ‘flaming pearl’, all reserved on a neatly carved yellow and red floral diaper ground below a thick ribbed rim, the underside with eight flowers, including hibiscus, chrysanthemum, peony and camellia arranged in pairs across the dish, each supporting one of the babao (‘Eight Treasures’) and wreathed in multi-coloured foliage, the base and the interior of the footring lacquered in black and inscribed in the centre with a six-character incised vertical reign mark with traces of gilt diameter 16.8 cm., 6 5/8 in.
A Carved Red, Yellow, Green and Black Lacquer 'Qilin' Dish Incised Mark and Period of Jiajing of circular form with shallow everted sides supported on a ribbed tapered foot, finely carved in varied levels of relief revealing multiple layers of red, yellow, black and green lacquer, the interior with a qilin galloping above cragged rocks, bamboo shoots and a cluster of yellow lingzhi set between a large gnarled pine and a lush plantain, and a among three scattered auspicious items, its dragon head turned sharply to the left and its powerful scaly body issuing flames, all enclosed within a barbed frame reserved on a yellow and green border, the cavetto further decorated with two green and two ochre-yellow dragons striding among ruyi-shaped clouds within barbed panels alternating with ‘flaming pearl’, all reserved on a neatly carved yellow and red floral diaper ground below a thick ribbed rim, the underside with eight flowers, including hibiscus, chrysanthemum, peony and camellia arranged in pairs across the dish, each supporting one of the babao (‘Eight Treasures’) and wreathed in multi-coloured foliage, the base and the interior of the footring lacquered in black and inscribed in the centre with a six-character incised vertical reign mark with traces of gilt diameter 16.8 cm., 6 5/8 in.
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