Garden Seat
Date15th century
Label TextDrum- or barrel-shaped ceramic seats were popular items for the scholar's garden and studio. This seat is made in the colorful fahua style, in which lead-based glazes were painted within raised slip outlines in a technique much like cloisonné. Here tree peonies bloom above rocks between bosses of monster masks.
Object number58.16
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howard A. Frame in memory of Col. Jasper E. Brady, Jr.
Dimensions14 1/8 in. (35.88 cm)
Overall h.: 18 in.
Girth: 39 in.
Diam.: 9 1/4 in.
MediumBiscuit porcelain with lead silicate glaze
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