Lot Essay
A nearly identical pair of painted enamel stools constructed without the gu-form support was sold at Sotheby's New York, 12 September 2018, lot 284.
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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A VERY RARE PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL GARDEN SEATS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Of quatrefoil form, each seat is finely enameled on the rounded sides and flat tops with elegant floral scrolls with polychrome stylized blossoms reserved on a cobalt blue ground, the lobed sides with shaped open panels framed by pairs of pink bats and blue dragons revealing an interior gu-shaped central column further decorated with floral scroll, archaistic dragons, and bats amidst clouds, all raised on four gilt bracket feet.
19 1/4 in. (49 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Of quatrefoil form, each seat is finely enameled on the rounded sides and flat tops with elegant floral scrolls with polychrome stylized blossoms reserved on a cobalt blue ground, the lobed sides with shaped open panels framed by pairs of pink bats and blue dragons revealing an interior gu-shaped central column further decorated with floral scroll, archaistic dragons, and bats amidst clouds, all raised on four gilt bracket feet.
19 1/4 in. (49 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Hong Kong, 30 April 1995, lot 593.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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