A Chinese Blue and White ‘Transitional’ Jar Of baluster form, boldly painted in underglaze blue with a large figure of a Kylin in a terraced landscape surrounded by ribbons of flame, the scene bordered by mountains and pine and divided by plantain trees and stylised rockwork, scrolling clouds to the reverse, the base unglazed, together with carved hardwood cover. Period: Shunzhi (1644‑1661). Height 26.5 cm.