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A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL

MING DYNASTY, ZHENGDE PERIOD (1506-1521)
Of barrel form, the sides are decorated with lions chasing
a brocade ball, and molded in relief with lion-mask handles
with pierced mouths between raised rows of bosses and
decorative borders. The convex top has a biscuit pierced
peony fower medallion.

14º in. (36.2 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Mrs. Ma Cristina Roxas, Manila.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

A related blue and white garden seat, also painted with lions,
and dated to the Zhengde reign is in the collection of the
Convent of the Capuchinas, Toledo, Spain. The stool is one of
only four surviving intact pieces from 16th-17th century Spain,
illustrated in Arts of Asia, “Book Review – Chinese Porcelain in
Habsburg Spain”, January-February 2017, p. 143. See, also, a
blue and white stool with pierced biscuit medallion decorated
with lions chasing a ball in the collection of the Palace Museum,
Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum - 53 - Furniture of the Ming and Qing
Dynasties (1), Hong Kong, p. 2002, p. 68, pl. 53.

明 正德 青花雲龍紋坐墩

來源
Ma Cristina Roxas女士，馬尼拉
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏

西班牙杜雷多卡普奇納修道院(Convent of the Capuchinas,
Toledo) 藏一明代正德青花坐墩，其上亦繪獅戲球紋。該坐墩
為傳世四件十六至十七世紀同式坐墩中唯一全品，見〈書評―
西班牙哈布斯堡王朝的中國瓷器〉(Book Review, Chinese
Porcelain in Habsburg Spain)，《亞洲藝術》(Arts of
Asia)，2017年1―2月，143頁。亦可參考北京故宮藏一青花
獅球紋坐墩,載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系－53-明清家
具（上）》，香港，2002年，68頁，圖版編號53，其墩面亦
為素胎鏤空雕獅戲球紋式。

(alternate view)

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