A Painted and Turquoise-Glazed 'Cizhou' Garden Seat and a Fahua Garden Seat Ming Dynasty (2)

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A PAINTED AND TURQUOISE-GLAZED 'CIZHOU' GARDEN SEAT AND A FAHUA GARDEN SEAT Ming Dynasty The 'cizhou' seat of slender barrel form, set with four lion-mask handles each suspending a ring framing a pierced section, painted with a composite peony and chrysanthemum scroll between two bands of raised bosses, the top painted with a qilin surrounded by Buddhist emblems, covered overall with a turquoise glaze; the fahua seat, of barrel-shaped form moulded and painted on the side with a wide band enclosing two pairs of Buddhist lions, divided by two raised beast masks between two rows of high-relief bosses, the slightly domed top with a lotus flower encircled by four lotus leaves at the rim, all glazed in rich purplish blue, turquoise, cream and ochre hues. The largest 50cm (19 5/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: 明 磁州窯孔雀藍釉花卉紋鼓凳及琺華鼓凳 Provenance: Christie's South Kensington (the cizhou seat, by repute) Peter Kemp (the fahua seat, by repute) Jeremy Mason, London