A parcel gilt-bronze qilin incense burner


17th century Finely cast in the form of a bulbous beast sturdily standing four-square on a long snake, its head forming the hinged cover depicted with protruding eyes, curled bushy eyebrows, a broad nose with flaring nostrils, and an open mouth revealing its tongue and sharp fangs, surmounted by a single horn flanked by two pointed ears. 33.4cm (13 1/4in) high.
|十七世紀 局部鎏金銅麒麟形薰爐Provenance: a French private collection來源： 法國私人收藏A very similar bronze qilin incense burner, 17th century, is illustrated in The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.19.