of circular form, raised from a short straight foot and flared out to an everted rim, the interior painted with a seated mythical creature qilin in a garden setting, depicted with a scaly body and its right front leg half raised, mouth wide-opened and the mane blown by the wind, the top of the interior painted with a hemisphere symbolising the moon, the base inscribed with a square mark within double circles in underglaze blue (16.5cm diameter) Footnote: Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection