garden-seat BM-PDF-B.660

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 345 millimetres Height: 460 millimetres

Description:
Large hollow porcelain garden seat of drum form, with wide pierced waist. Openwork piercing and underglaze blue with carved blue dragon enclosing a flaming pearl on the top. Wide band of dragons in ogival panels below, and large band of pierced overlapping rings around middle, with dense pattern of scrolling leaves and flowers.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli late 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF B660Barrel-shaped blue-and-white stoolThis seat is decorated with dragons and is of a very fine quality. This type of zuodun stool is often called a garden seat in English but they were made for both indoor and outdoor use. Gardens and courtyards are integral to traditional Chinese buildings. Barrel-shaped stools were made in cane from the Song to the Qing dynasty. The form ultimately derives from Chinese drums which had skins stretched across the top and tightened using nails or pegs.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620 PDF B660青花桶形坐墩此坐具飾以龍紋，質量優良。英語中經常將此類坐墩稱作“花園凳” （garden seat），但其實是兼顧室內外的使用而製的。在中國傳統建築 中，花園和庭院是必不可少的組成部分。從宋朝到清朝，坐墩多用藤條做成。坐墩的形狀究其源而言，來自中國的鼓，鼓上蒙皮，用釘子或銷釘固定。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆， 1573-1620年