PROPERTY FROM AN OREGON PRIVATE COLLECTION A BLUE AND WHITE 'QILIN' CHARGERShunzhi - early Kangxi period The wide, rounded sides rising from a tapered foot, the interior painted in cobalt blue with a ferocious mythical beast bearing the hooves of a deer and the scales and head of a dragon, the creature standing with one leg outstretched amidst rockwork and a plantain tree, the rim bound in metal, the base carved with deeply channeled foot ring. 14 1/8in (35.9cm) diam. Provenance: Collection of an American military pilot, acquired before 1947, by repute, thence by descent Acquired from the above, circa 1995