Pair of Famille Rose Garden Seats

Description:

Pair of Famille Rose Garden Seats, China, 19th century, six-sided forms decorated with an openwork coin design in a pink meander band on top and two double coin designs on two sides, painted allover with various floral sprays, fruit, and butterflies below a yellow ruyi border encircling the top, eight pink nipples to upper and lower body on each side, gilt details, ht. 18 1/2, top dia. 12 in.

Provenance: From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thayer.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

one broken and repaired with iron wires, the other in good condition, both with minor loss of enamels and gilt, glazing flaws with pockmarks and bumps.


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