Barrel-Shaped Garden Stool, 15th century, 14 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( x cm), Lung-chuan ware Stoneware with molded decor under celadon glaze, China, 15th century, Ceramics were put to a wide variety of practical use in China and the affordability, decorative potential, and durability of glazed stoneware was recognized and incorporated into garden furniture at least as early as the Sung dynasty (960-1279). Like many wooden versions of the so-called 'drum stool,' this example has raised bosses encircling its upper register recalling the nail-heads of the stretched hide drums

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