A LONGQUAN CELADON BARREL-FORM GARDEN SEAT

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A LONGQUAN CELADON BARREL-FORM GARDEN SEAT
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The sides are well carved in relief with four panels depicting lotus, peony, hibiscus and chrysanthemum blossoms within strap borders and below a row of key fret. The panels are set between rows of raised nail-head bosses and bands of carved clouds. The top of the seat is carved with a diaper pattern that imitates a woven rattan seat. The seat is covered overall with a glaze of olive-green tone.
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 234.

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Lot Essay

A similar Longquan celadon barrel-form garden seat with four panels of flowers is illustrated by A. du Boulay in Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984, p. 100, no. 2.

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