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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990
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A FAHUA BARREL-FORM GARDEN SEAT
ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)
明正德 琺華釉蓮紋秀墩
The body is decorated with a wide band of incised lotus scrolls decorated in slip on a turquoise ground,
framed by two rows of raised bosses. It is applied with two animal-head handles. The domed top is
decorated with a central fower head surrounded by four lotus leaves.
15º in. (38.7 cm.) high
£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800
PROVENANCE:
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
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