1-621-000 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Bronze qilin, Ming dynasty, China, 15th or 16th century. A bronze qilin lying down straight out. The animal's head is up and turned to one side with long incised tresses coming from the head and curling down the neck and incised bushy curled tail. The head has a two pronged horn sprouting from the top of its head.