Lot Essay
A fahua garden seat of similar form also pierced at the mid-section with decoration of peacocks, is in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, London, 1927, vol. IV, pl. 43.
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MING DYNASTY
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A RETICULATED FAHUA BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN STOOL
Ming Dynasty
Deeply carved and pierced with a central band of paired peacocks standing amidst a background of ornamental rocks and dense peony foliage interrupted by two lion mask handle cartouches, all between rows of turquoise bosses reserved on a deep aubergine ground, the slightly rounded top pierced with a further peony spray roundel
13in. (33cm.) high
Ming Dynasty
Deeply carved and pierced with a central band of paired peacocks standing amidst a background of ornamental rocks and dense peony foliage interrupted by two lion mask handle cartouches, all between rows of turquoise bosses reserved on a deep aubergine ground, the slightly rounded top pierced with a further peony spray roundel
13in. (33cm.) high