Lot Essay
For a Jiajing garden seat with similar winged dragons and bosses see A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, New Jersey, 1984, p. 128, no. 3.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOLS
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOLS
Ming dynasty, 16th century
Each of drum form, the sides painted with two pairs of winged dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and clouds above a band of waves and rocks, the two pairs separated by lion-mask handles molded in relief and with pierced mouths, all set between borders of raised bosses, with a band of lingzhi fungus sprigs below and a band of lotus sprays above, the somewhat concave top painted with foliate scroll divided into four quadrants as it radiates outwards from a circular border enclosing a central flowerhead with pierced center
13½in. (34.7cm.) high (2)
Ming dynasty, 16th century
Each of drum form, the sides painted with two pairs of winged dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and clouds above a band of waves and rocks, the two pairs separated by lion-mask handles molded in relief and with pierced mouths, all set between borders of raised bosses, with a band of lingzhi fungus sprigs below and a band of lotus sprays above, the somewhat concave top painted with foliate scroll divided into four quadrants as it radiates outwards from a circular border enclosing a central flowerhead with pierced center
13½in. (34.7cm.) high (2)