Colorful unicorn sending picture rectangular porcelain plate

[Colorful unicorn rectangular porcelain plate with child picture]

Colorful unicorn rectangular porcelain plate with child picture, Kangxi, Qing Dynasty, 18.5 cm long, 8.2 cm wide and 3.7 cm high
The porcelain plate is rectangular and has a jack on the side. One side is white glazed and plain, and the other side is painted with a multicolored kylin. There are five children painted in the picture, one in red riding on the back of a kylin, and the kylin is strutting along the mountain road, with two children in front and behind, some carrying flags and some holding objects. Red clouds hover in the distance, and the ridge of the house can be seen faintly. Surrounded by stone railings. “Kylin giving birth” is a common decorative theme in Qing Dynasty porcelain. The “Mingshan Collection” contains that “Confucius will be born, there is a jade book in the Queli (Qufu, Shandong Province), and the Virgin embroiders the horn of the jade”. In ancient times, the kylin was regarded as auspicious, and the “kylin gave birth” was used to express the wish for an early birth of a son