garden stool

Lot 217. A pair of blue and white garden stools, late Qing dynasty; 18 3/8 in. (46.6 cm.) high. Estimate HK$30,000 - HK$50,000. Price Realized HK$93,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015. Each stool is painted on the curved sides with birds in flight amidst lotus and peony blossoms, pierced in between with two coin-shaped cartouches, between an upper register of precious objects and lower register of bamboo stems. The top is decorated with butterflies and flowers surrounding an openwork coin-shaped... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 210. A blue and white garden stool, Jajing period (1522-1566); 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high. Estimate £8,000 – £12,000 ($12,312 - $18,468). Price realised GBP 20,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The stool is of drum form with two horned beast handles to the sides between bands of raised studs. The main body is decorated with peacocks and cranes amongst rocks and blossoming flowers, and the top has further cranes amongst clouds around a central floret.  Provenance: Sotheby's Paris, 9 June... [Lire la suite]