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Lot 43W

A PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEATS
18th/19th century

14 December 2023, 17:00 EST
New York

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A PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEATS

18th/19th century
The exteriors painted with a wide central band of composite lotus flowerheads dividing pale-blue glazed molded lion-mask handles with foreheads reserved in white with a wang character (king), the upper and lower bands of the barrels molded with a line of rounded bosses below and above ruyi-shaped floral lappets, the seats with an encircling band of composite flowerheads centered by a pierced cash symbol, the unglazed foot with a large central hole revealing the white-glazed interior.
19 1/8in (48.5cm) high of each (2).

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十八/十九世紀 明式青花纏枝蓮紋鼓形凳一對

Barrel-shaped garden seats appeared in twelve century paintings made of wood or rattan. The present porcelain example models after the Ming dynasty prototype, when the Jingdezhen artisans perfected the techniques of firing large porcelain pieces. Compare, for example, the Ming dynasty blue and white barrel-shaped garden seat decorated with cranes and lily pads in lotus pond, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated on the museum's website, accession number 1993.386.33, noted by the author "rings of embossed dots around the top and bottom recall prototypes with fastenings for leather or fabric seat covers."

For a pair of identical barrel-form garden seats of slightly smaller size (17 1/2 inches high), see Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 206.

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