A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN SEAT

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A RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN SEAT
15TH/16TH CENTURY

Of hollow barrel form, painted with a central band of phoenix amidst peony and rockwork interrupted by a pair of molded lion-mask handles, bordered above and below by detached blue bosses, with a band of rocks and waves above the base and floral and cloud motifs below the top centered by a recessed roundel molded with a peony sprig left in the biscuit and encircled by Buddhistic lions and ribbon-tied cash, minor chips, leans--13 1/2 in. (34.4 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a Ming blue and white garden seat of similar form with lion-mask handles, raised bosses and the top left in the biscuit, but painted on the central panel with Buddhistic lions and cash, illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, p. 95, fig. 105