Chinese Porcelain Da Ya Zhai Gold Qilins Sky Blue Brush Pot

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Chinese porcelain Da Ya Zhai qilins bitong, with a sky blue glazed exterior and a turquoise glazed lip, interior and … more Chinese porcelain Da Ya Zhai qilins bitong, with a sky blue glazed exterior and a turquoise glazed lip, interior and inset circle within the partially unglazed base, all covered with very fine, small pattern, iron wire craquelure. A red, Da Ya Zhai mark with a red and white, Tian Di Yi Jia Chun medallion are glazed just below the rim. The brushpot is decorated with three, finely drawn qilins in finely shaded, umber and sepia glazes with gilt highlights amid finely painted, white and sepia glazed, leafy, herbal flowers with gold highlights, all in low relief. A red and white, Yong Qing Chan Chun, Guangxu mark is glazed to the inset base. Circa Republic of China era, no later than mid century.

5 Chinese herbals: chrysanthemum flower (ju hua), campus flower (ling Xiao hua), celosia flower (ji guan hua), safflower (hong hua), and, the much beloved, rose bud (mei gui hua).

Dayazhai: (Studio of the Greater Odes) found on imperial porcelain commissioned by the Qing Empress Dowager Cixi.

Tian Di Yi Jia Chun: The Whole World celebrating as One Family

Yong Qing Chan Chun: Eternal Prosperity and Enduring Spring less