明晚期 景德鎮窯青花蓮塘紋瓷座墩|Garden seat with scene of a lotus pond

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16th century · Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

Barrel-shaped garden seats, often made of wood or rattan, can be traced to the twelfth century. Porcelain examples, ideal for summertime, gained popularity in the sixteenth century with the development of a ceramic technique for firing large pieces. Here, rings of embossed dots around the top and bottom recall prototypes with fastenings for leather or fabric seat covers.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Marie-Louise Garbáty, 1993