Most Chinese garden stools were made in a simple drum or barrel shape in wood or stoneware and were used inside homes and outdoors in gardens. Others were made for wealthy families in varying shapes, with panels and decorated with designs to provide visual ques and homophones for blessings, good wishes, energy and good fortune.
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Ceramic barrel shaped garden stools with cut cobalt blue auspicious double coin images as wealth symbols and 2 Tao tieh masks in relief with pierced rings to symbolically avoid gluttony, greed and desire.
This stoneware glazed garden stool was used by a wealthy family reflected in its complex designs, auspicious symbols and its use of so much cobalt blue, a highly prized and expensive mineral paint color normally used sparingly. The pierced side to side circles running through the inside from side to side and the pierced design…
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