A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED GARDEN SEAT

QING DYNASTY

Painted to the sides with continuous lotus scrolls contained within bands of raised bosses, the top similarly decorated with lotus flowers within a border of prunus blossoms on a cracked-ice ground, with openwork cash motifs, 47.5cm.

Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired prior to 1976.