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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROVENANCE
E & J Frankel, New York.
A FAHUA ‘PEACOCK AND PEONY’
GARDEN SEAT $ 8,000-12,000
MING DYNASTY
of barrel form, the center with a band of
peacocks amidst a dense openwork landscape of
blossoming peonies and rockwork, anked by two E J Frankel
lion masks, framed above and below by circular
raised bosses, the slightly domed top with a
central pierced peony medallion, in dark blue,
pale yellow, aubergine glazes and white biscuit,
wood stand (2)
Height 12⅞ in., 32.7 cm
186 SOTHEBY’S
