Lexicographical Neighbors of Kylins
Literary usage of Kylins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stowe Catalogue, Priced and Annotated by Henry Rumsey Forster (1848)
"Watson 0 16 0 163 A sitting Chinese figure—carved and gilt ; 2 kylins—carved in
box-wood ; a fish skin box ; and a Chinese compass . Rev. ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1907)
"Judging from your photographs, your old Chinese figures of kylins appear to be
good specimens of the Ming period. The value depends upon the size. ..."
3. Chinese Porcelain by William Giuseppi Gulland (1902)
"The kylins at foot denote good government, which -hould be the object of all
officials to promote ; while the palm tree probably indicates that a quiet life ..."
4. Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations; with Tables of Factory and by William Cowper Prime (1878)
"Among their special characteristics arc dragons, kylins, the dog Fo, the spotted
deer, and the fong-hoang. The dragons are various—one of the heavens, ..."
5. The Garter Mission to Japan (1906)
"There in front of the throne were the two ancient kylins, one male and the other
female, which I had never forgotten, and yet, somehow, the audience chamber ..."
6. Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, Together with a by William Bragge (1880)
"Oval, white; kylins on each side in red and gold, in high relief. [ 1oo. ...
White; kylins and clouds in relief; perforated all over. ..."
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