A fahua garden seat, Ming dynasty, 16th century

A fahua garden seat

Ming dynasty, 16th century

of barrel shape, incised and glazed with a wide lotus scroll band divided by a pair of lion mask handles, all between two rows of bosses and bands of incised floral sprigs and waves, the flat top with a central lotus surrounded by four lotus leaves and all reserved on a dark blue ground

Height 39 cm, 15 3/8 in.