Detail View: The AMICA Library: Barrel-shaped Garden Stool

AMICA ID: 
MIA_.96.120.3
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Name-CRT: 
Ming dynasty
Title: 
Barrel-shaped Garden Stool
View: 
Front
Creation Date: 
15th century
Creation Start Date: 
1400
Creation End Date: 
1499
Materials and Techniques: 
ceramic, celadon glaze
Classification Term: 
Pottery
Dimensions: 
H.14-5/8 x Dia.13-1/4 in.
Component Measured: 
overall
Measurement Unit: 
in
AMICA Contributor: 
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 
96.120.3
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: 
Context: 

The central panels of this celadon garden seat is decorated with four cartouches, each containing a flowering peony with the upper and lower bands comprised of floral scrolls. Decorative and resistant to weather, high-fired glazed ceramics made excellent garden furniture. Ceramic garden stools were produced in a variety of glazes including celadon, blue and white and fa-hua.

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