MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

Details

A FAHUA BARREL-FORM GARDEN SEAT
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The sides decorated in relief with two pairs of buddhistic lions contesting a ribbon-tied brocade ball and separated by molded lion-mask handles, between rows of bosses, all between waves rising from the base and clouds above, the slightly rounded top decorated in slip outline with a peony spray, all in dark blue, turquoise, yellow, and pale aubergine
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1994, lot 350.

Lot Essay

A fahua garden seat in the Percival David Foundation dated late 15th century with very similar decoration is illustrated by S. Pierson, Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics, London, 2001, p. 87, no. 87. Another example with a central design of playful buddhistic lions, but with different bands of decoration around the top and base, is in the Museum Pusat, Jakarta, and illustrated by A. Ridho in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 3, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 42.

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