Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass, Depicting Chinese Parade, Confucius. Chinese Glass Painting.

Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass, Depicting Chinese Parade.  On Original Hardwood Stylised Frame. Vibrant Colours.  

it is a very old chinese folk story  麒麟送子 Uncle Liang He, the father of Confucius, was originally a boy with foot disease named Kong Pi. According to the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, he lost his title and became a commoner. He could not undertake the sacrificial rites to offer sacrifices to his uncle Liang He. Therefore, Shu Lianghe married Yan Zhengzai in his later years and gave birth to his son Kongqiu, who was also Confucius. According to folklore, when Yan Zhengzai was pregnant, he dreamed that Qilin was spitting out a jade book at home while playing music, writing: "The son of Shuijing will be the king of the declining Zhou Dynasty." This means that this son is the son of Tianshui, the seed of a prince, and he will not be born. At that time, he could only be a king without a throne. Confucius was born the next day. This is the origin of the phrase "Qilin gives birth to a son". The Chinese people believe that Qilin is a beast of benevolence and righteousness and a symbol of good luck. People with good virtues pray to Qilin to give birth to children. The picture shows a unicorn carrying a boy holding a lotus root and a sheng in both hands, which is homophonic/has the same sound as to "the lotus (connected) sheng (gives birth to a noble son)".

From - Ex Collection of Rev. John Gage Waller. The items in the collection where mostly brought in Japan during the 1890s. Brief History on Rev. J. G. Waller. Reverend John Gage Waller was an influential figure in the history of Christian missionary in Japan during the 19th century. He was born in southern Ontario Canada in 1863 and later ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. In 1890, Waller arrived in Japan as a missionary with his wife, Lydia Susan, of the Anglican Church of Canada first working in Tokyo and later in Fukushima Prefecture. In 1892, Waller arrived in Nagano where he established churches in Nagano City in 1898 (Nagano Holy Saviour Church), Mt. Inari (Chikuma) in 1931, Ueda, Iiyama, and in Takada (Jōetsu, Niigata).