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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. SHIRLEY MUELLER, INDIANAPOLIS, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. SHIRLEY MUELLER, INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA INDIANA
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A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'MAGIC FOUNTAIN' EWER
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
Of barrel form, the sides are decorated with lions chasing beribboned Each side is decorated in bright shades of underglaze cobalt with a fountain
Buddhist emblems, and molded in relief with lion-mask handles with pierced comprised of a pair of central beast heads and upper interlocking bird heads,
mouths between bosses and decorative borders. The convex top is centered both spouting water into and then out of a circular basin, which is supported on
with a floral medallion and four lotus pads. the back of a qilin, below a band of stiff plantain leaves. The spout issues from
the mouth of a beast rendered in high relief and decorated with a clambering
14Ω in. (36.8 cm.) high
dragon, the splayed foot with wave and cloud motif above the base bearing the
four-character mark, wan fu you tong ('may infinite good fortune surround you').
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE: 12æ in. (32.3 cm.) high
Peter Pappot, Amsterdam, 1992.
$30,000-50,000
A related garden stool from the Convent of the Capuchinas, Toledo, dated to
the Zhengde reign (1506-1521), is illustrated by C. Krahe in Chinese Porcelain PROVENANCE:
in Habsburg Spain, Madrid, 2016, p. 199, no. 83. Like the present garden Dr. Richard Verity Collection, and thence by descent in the family, Venice, Italy
stool, the Convent of the Capuchinas example is decorated with a central (by repute).
band of confronting lions above a wave border, similar bosses and molded Anthony Gray, London, 1992.
mask handles within a cartouche, but with an upper diaper band and a
LITERATURE:
pierced medallion on the top.
S. Mueller, Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play,
New York, 2019, pp. 168-169.
SHIRLEY MUELLER 博士珍藏, 印第安納波利斯, 印第安納州
明 青花獅戲繡球舖首耳鼓墩
來源:
Peter Pappot, 阿姆斯特丹, 1992年。