A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON GARDEN STOOL (ZUODUN) MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

of barrel form, the sides boldly incised with four reserves, each enclosing a flowering peony plant growing from leafy scrolling stems, separated vertically by curved bands of diaper pattern centered by a cash motif, set between rows of raised lines applied with florets and further bands of foliate meander, the slightly domed top carved in a trellis pattern in imitation of a caned seat, covered overall in a rich sage-green glaze

A similar example is illustrated in Sarah Handler, "The Ubiquitous Stool" JCCFS, Summer 1994, fig. 26.