A miniature turquoise glazed porcelain barrel shaped stool
孔雀藍釉小坐墩

Kangxi period 1662-1722 AD, China
康熙時期（1662-1722）中國

Height: 14 cm, 5.5 inches
高：14釐米

This barrel-shaped stool is decorated with two horizontal raised beadwork lines framing interlocking circular openwork panels to the side of the main body. The top is pierced with a single circle of the same design and could well have served as a joss stick holder. The base is open and unglazed.

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Christie’s Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 2002, sale 9415, lot 656, 657. Ceramic seats of the same drum shape with coin decoration in openwork.