Blue-and-white Dish with Designs of Qilin and Dragons
Chinese people regarded the mythical beast qilin unicorn auspicious. Dragon and qilin were rarely seen together in the decoration in earlier blue-and-white porcelain wares. The Zhengtong reign saw a different way of presenting the color and the motif styles from the early Ming dynasty. The iron crystals that existed on earlier porcelain disappeared, too.
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