A RARE FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT GARDEN SEAT QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of barrel form with raised bosses flanking the body pierced with a coin motif covered in green enamel and with molded lion-mask handles, the seat top painted with four horses in aubergine, pale green, yellow, and white frolicking amidst flames, leaves, flowers and auspicious emblems, all centered by an openwork coin on a green field of swirling waves