Flight

Sangku Kim

About 2004

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Covered Box, China, glazed stoneware
Foot is riveted to bowl, lid separate, a good marriage. Lidded Footed Bowl Bowl: H: 4" DIA: 6.5"; Lid: H: 1.25" DIA: 6 5/8"
Bowl with notched rim and molded cloud design.
Qilin is a mythological animal in the Chinese culture, it has some auspicious meaning. One of its iconographic features is that there is only one horn on it head. This piece does bear one horn while other parts of the image are more typical of a bull rather than a Quilin