Title

Jade winged standing qilin on bed of clouds, Yuan dynasty-early Ming dynasty, China, 1279-1499. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade winged standing qilin on bed of clouds, Yuan dynasty-early Ming dynasty, China, 1279-1499. A jade of a one-horned winged qilin delicately carved with wings sprouting from its front legs. The tail has a bi-forked end that comes between the legs and goes up to the back. The animal is standing on a thin layer of stylised swirling clouds. The jade is of yellowish brown flecked colour.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1279

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_461

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (389,4Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2829 x 2213 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal religious arts carving country religion China art Chinese color colour carved ming location century artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty mythology winged artifact mythical creature 14th century Daoism Fourteenth Century Taoism Thirteenth Century 13th century 15th century Museum of East Asian Art fifteenth century mythical beast qilin Yuan dynasty object Unknown jade jade object