Image: Kinesiskt lyckobådande fabeldjur med drakhuvud, hjortkropp med fjäll, oxsvans från cirka 1750 - Hallwylska museet - 95453

Description: FIGUR. Qilin, fabeldjur med drakhuvud, hjortkropp med fjäll, oxsvans, klövar samt ett horn i pannan. Sittande med vänstra frambenet upplyft. Dekorerad i ljust brungrått, guld, gulgrått, grönt och brunrött. Qilin var en lyckobådande varelse som förde med sig välstånd, fred, skydd, ett långt liv och fertilitet. Detta kan kopplas till varelsens ursprungliga förekomst, vilket sades vara när en viktig lärd person eller välgörande ledare föddes eller dog. Enligt en populär berättelse förutspåddes födseln av den vise filosofen Konfucius genom ankomsten av en qilin. De här magiska djuren har huvud och fjällig kropp som en drake, lejonsvans och kluvna hovar som en hjort. Kroppen är ofta, som här, höljd i heliga flammor.Qilin.Porcelain figure of a qilin decorated in overglaze enamelsQing dynasty, mid 18th centuryQilin are auspicious creatures who bring prosperity, peace, protection, long life and fertility. These qualities are linked to its original appearances, said to occur when the birth or death of a great scholar or beneficent ruler took place. A popular story says that the birth of the philosopher sage Confucius was foretold by the arrival of a qilin. The magical animals have a head and scaly body like a dragon, the tail of a lion and cloven hoofs like a deer. Its body is often enveloped in sacred flames, as here.
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Credit: Jens Mohr -  LSH 95453 (hm_dig12023)
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