Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1505-1566 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:slipped, applied, fahua,
Subjects:horse/ass lotus,flower leaf
Dimensions:Diameter: 13.40 centimetres (in) Height: 36.50 centimetres
Description:
Barrel-shaped porcelain stool with ‘fahua’-type decoration. This hollow barrel-shaped ‘zuodun’ [porcelain stool] has a flat top and is decorated in three registers ‘fahua’-style with raised slip outlines and aubergine, yellow, white, turquoise and deep blue infill. The central section features a classic lotus scroll with four blooms and with applied lion masks on either side. These have openings at the mouth for gripping and lifting the seat. Above this is a band of ‘ruyi’ clouds and large bosses in high relief; below, galloping horses, waves and a ring of large raised bosses. The top is decorated with a stylized flower in the centre and four leaves arranged around it. Inside it is glazed green.
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![图片[2]-garden-seat BM-Franks.194.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01541369_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such stools are conventionally referred to in English as ‘garden seats’ but in fact were for both indoor and outdoor use as gardens and courtyards were integral to traditional Chinese architecture. Barrel-shaped stools were made in cane and wood from the Song to the Qing period and are frequently decorated with these simulated nail heads or bosses around the upper and lower edges. The form derives from early Chinese drums which had skins stretched across the top and held in place by nails.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:slipped, applied, fahua,
Subjects:horse/ass lotus,flower leaf
Dimensions:Diameter: 13.40 centimetres (in) Height: 36.50 centimetres
Description:
Barrel-shaped porcelain stool with ‘fahua’-type decoration. This hollow barrel-shaped ‘zuodun’ [porcelain stool] has a flat top and is decorated in three registers ‘fahua’-style with raised slip outlines and aubergine, yellow, white, turquoise and deep blue infill. The central section features a classic lotus scroll with four blooms and with applied lion masks on either side. These have openings at the mouth for gripping and lifting the seat. Above this is a band of ‘ruyi’ clouds and large bosses in high relief; below, galloping horses, waves and a ring of large raised bosses. The top is decorated with a stylized flower in the centre and four leaves arranged around it. Inside it is glazed green.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such stools are conventionally referred to in English as ‘garden seats’ but in fact were for both indoor and outdoor use as gardens and courtyards were integral to traditional Chinese architecture. Barrel-shaped stools were made in cane and wood from the Song to the Qing period and are frequently decorated with these simulated nail heads or bosses around the upper and lower edges. The form derives from early Chinese drums which had skins stretched across the top and held in place by nails.
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