CHINESE BRONZE QILIN AND VASE,Qianlong mark, Qing Dynasty. Cast with his head turned back to gaze at a vase set on his back - 12 in. high. 清 乾隆款 銅麒麟花觚 Estimate $800-1,200
PROVENANCE: Estate of Alice Ingersoll Nagle, Chevy Chase, MD, through family descent from her father, Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Western Sea Frontier commander during World War II
Some irregularity on the patina on the inside of the mouth, few minute holes on body,
