A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL

MING DYNASTY, ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)

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A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL
MING DYNASTY, ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)
Of barrel form, the sides are decorated with lions chasing a brocade ball, and molded in relief with lion-mask handles with pierced mouths between raised rows of bosses and decorative borders. The convex top has a biscuit pierced peony flower medallion.
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Mrs. Ma Cristina Roxas, Manila.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

Lot Essay

A related blue and white garden seat, also painted with lions, and dated to the Zhengde reign is in the collection of the Convent of the Capuchinas, Toledo, Spain. The stool is one of only four surviving intact pieces from 16th-17th century Spain, illustrated in Arts of Asia, “Book Review – Chinese Porcelain in Habsburg Spain”, January-February 2017, p. 143. See, also, a blue and white stool with pierced biscuit medallion decorated with lions chasing a ball in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 53 - Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1), Hong Kong, p. 2002, p. 68, pl. 53.

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