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PROPERTY FROM THE NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND*
A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE 'GARDEN SEAT'
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE 'GARDEN SEAT'
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Made in imitation of a barrel-form garden seat, the sides decorated with a band of taotie masks between rows of raised bosses, the top painted as if draped with a taotie-decorated blue cloth centered by a pierced flower head; together with a blue and white jardinière, Kangxi period, painted with a bold pattern of foliate sprays surrounded by foliate scroll below the flat, everted rim
8¼ and 9 1/8 in. (21 and 23.2 cm.) across top, stand (2)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Made in imitation of a barrel-form garden seat, the sides decorated with a band of taotie masks between rows of raised bosses, the top painted as if draped with a taotie-decorated blue cloth centered by a pierced flower head; together with a blue and white jardinière, Kangxi period, painted with a bold pattern of foliate sprays surrounded by foliate scroll below the flat, everted rim
8¼ and 9 1/8 in. (21 and 23.2 cm.) across top, stand (2)