Olivia Xu
Associate Specialist
PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION 王子藏品
Lot 90*
A FAHUA BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT Ming Dynasty
16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
A FAHUA BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT
Ming Dynasty
Decorated with a wide band of incised lotus scrolls decorated in slip on a turquoise ground, framed by two rows of raised bosses, the curving sides applied with two mythical-beast heads, the gently domed top decorated with a central flower surrounded by four lotus leaves. 38cm (15in) high.
Decorated with a wide band of incised lotus scrolls decorated in slip on a turquoise ground, framed by two rows of raised bosses, the curving sides applied with two mythical-beast heads, the gently domed top decorated with a central flower surrounded by four lotus leaves. 38cm (15in) high.
Footnotes
明 法華獸面纏枝蓮紋鼓式繡墩
Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 2007
A Princely collection
來源： 倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2007年
王子藏品
The 'barrel-seat' design originates from early Chinese drums which were constructed with skins stretched over the top and secured in place with nails. This construction method gave rise to the characteristic moulded bosses observed on ceramic versions of this form. For comparison, a related barrel-shaped fahua reticulated seat from the Chenghua period is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Beijing, 2009, pl.230. Additionally, a related fahua garden seat, displaying similar flowerhead and lotus leaf motifs on the top and dated to the Hongzhi/Zhengde/Jiajing periods, is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.13:33. See a related fahua barrel-form garden seat, Chenghua period, which is illustrated by Geng Baochang, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Beijing, 2009, pl.230, p.280.
Compare with a related matched pair of Fahua garden seats, Zhengde period, which was sold at Christie's London, 9 May 2017, lot 12.
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