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 2010, lot 69.
From the Collection of Francis Golding (1944-2013).

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 10 November 2015, London, King Street