A BLUE AND WHITE GARDEN STOOL, QING DYNASTY
China, 19th century. Of barrel form, painted on the curved sides with birds in flight and perched on rockwork amid large peonies and other blossoms, pierced in between with two coin-shaped cartouches, framed by raised bosses and shaped bands with blossoms against an ice-crack ground. The lower register with flowerheads borne on leafy scrolling vines, the top decorated with peonies and other blossoms borne on gnarled leafy branches surrounding an openwork coin-shaped medallion.

Provenance: UK trade, by repute acquired from an old English private estate.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, the foot with minor chips.

Weight: 16.9 kg
Dimensions: Height 49 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a pair of related blue and white garden stools, 46.6 cm high, similarly decorated with birds and flowers as well as openwork coin-shaped cartouches, dated to the late Qing dynasty, at Christie's Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale on 6 April 2015, lot 217, sold for HKD 93,750.

清代青花花鳥紋繡墩
中國，此對繡墩呈鼓形，墩體中空，墩面隆起；器身通體滿繪青花，內填折枝花卉，典雅秀麗；中間部分兩面對稱繪孔雀紋，孔雀姿態各異，活潑生動，富於動感。另一面可見一對鏤空的硬幣；繡墩上下各有凸起鼓釘一周，朵朵小花繪於鼓釘之上。

來源：英國古玩市場，據説購於英國私人老收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵，足部有輕微磕損。

重量：16.9 公斤
尺寸：高49 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一對相近的晚清青花花園凳子，高 46.6 厘米，相似花鳥紋以及鏤空，見香港佳士得The Pavilion Sale 2015年4月6 日 lot 217, 售價HKD 93,750。