A group of Japanese porcelain 19th-20th century

comprising: two blue and white plates, painted with a Buddhist lion or a literatus, a blue and white bowl, decorated with birds under a blossoming tree, a cloisonné enamelled vase, applied with coloured cloisonné enamels of birds and flowers in shaped panels, and a Chinese blue and white plate, Ming dynasty, 15th century, of lobed form, painted with a qilin under banana leaves and bamboo, enclosed within a border of shrubs and grasses grouped around four rocks, of birds and flowers in shaped panels, and, a Chinese blue and white plate, (5), 16 to 38cm diameter, The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Michael, For Chinese qilin dishes of the same type can be found in the Ardabil Shrine and now in the National Museum of Iran, Tehran, are illustrated in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 73, nos. 29.142, A.110 on page 186, and A.287 on page 367. qilin, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Condition Report, Condition Report, This lot does not have a condition report, if you would like further information, please click the 'Request A Condition Report’ button below. Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

Estimate:£150

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