MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Of barrel form, the sides are decorated with lions chasing beribboned Buddhist emblems, and molded in relief with lion-mask handles with pierced mouths between bosses and decorative borders. The convex top is centered with a floral medallion and four lotus pads.
14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Peter Pappot, Amsterdam, 1992.

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Lot Essay

A related garden stool from the Convent of the Capuchinas, Toledo, dated to the Zhengde reign (1506-1521), is illustrated by C. Krahe in Chinese Porcelain in Habsburg Spain, Madrid, 2016, p. 199, no. 83. Like the present garden stool, the Convent of the Capuchinas example is decorated with a central band of confronting lions above a wave border, similar bosses and molded mask handles within a cartouche, but with an upper diaper band and a pierced medallion on the top.

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