Kangxi period (1661-1722). The body painted with four varying cartouches of qilins on a ground of an interlocking pattern with scattered dragon heads. With silver cast around the mouth rim. Interior roundel with a single deer with its head cocked to the side. On short straight foot with a band of double rings around. Kangxi mark on the base. On carved wood stand. H: 3 7/8 in., Diameter: 8 in.