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Sitting kirin/qilin

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Title

Sitting kirin/qilin

Collection

Production

execution: anonymous, Japan, 18th century

Period | Style | School

Edo period (1603-1868)

Material | Technique

Elfenbein geschnitzt

Measurements

height: 6 cm
width: 3.2 cm
depth: 1.9 cm

Inventory number

PL 790

Acquisition

donation , 1948

Department

Asia Collection

Description

katabori 形彫; Darstellung eines sitzenden kirin 麒麟/qilin (einhörniges Fabeltier mit Löwenschweif u. aus dem Körper lodernden Fammen). Representation of a sitting kirin/qilin (mythological creature with lions tail and flames blazing out of its body).

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