Offered by Laurent Chalvignac
Blue and white porcelain vase from China, Kangxi period (1661/1722), decorated with a qilin under a tree with lingzhi immortality mushrooms; on the back, a bat. Antique chased and gilded bronze mounting consisting of a scalloped ring, adorned with pompons, receiving a water-leaf decorated lid topped with a pinecone. The base is in the form of a stave with a lost flute, topped by a torus encircled by a laurel leaf.
Size in inches : diameter 4,5 X height 15