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Barrel-shaped seat with two lion-mask handles. Porcelain,
with designs incised and bordered with threads of clay, and
washed in with coloured glazes. On the sides, a broad belt
with design of lotus plants and egrets in a dark violet-blue
ground, between two broad bands of turquoise. The central
design is bordered with large studs. On the top, a formal lotus
blossom between four lotus leaves incised and glazed in
colours in a dark violet blue ground.
The Po wu yao Ian (a late Ming work) alludes to " beautiful
barrel-shaped seats . . . gorgeous as cloud-brocades " among
the specialities of the Hsiian Te period. Such things con-
tinued to be made throughout the Ming period.
About 1500. H. 13".
In the possession of Messrs. G., R. and C. Benson.
