Garden vase, square with relief decoration on the four sides of a tiger, a lion, a ch'i-lin and a dragon, part of a pair, square. Solid, only spherically hollowed out at the top. On the four rectangular sides, the vase shows a relief panel, consisting of a tiger, a ch'i-lin (Chinese mythical animal) and a dragon. The collector Erdmann placed a zinc garden fountain in the shape of a putto on the vase, which the donor retained. Note: vase A deviating from decoration. Note: from the R.H. Erdman, Terra Nova estate in Loenen a / d Vecht. Originally from the Chinese-style country houses built by Reinhard van Scherenberg in Baarn called Peking (1791) and Canton (1793). The building materials and garden decorations were imported directly from China. The villas were resp. demolished in 1890-1891 and 1910. When the vases had fallen into Erdmann's hands and from which of the two villas they came, it could not be determined., China, 1700 - 1800, granite (rock), h 61 cm × w 50 cm × d 50 cm × w 588 kg
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Garden vase, square, relief decoration, four sides, tiger, lion, ch'i-lin, dragon, part, pair, Solid, spherically hollowed out, top, four rectangular sides, vase, relief panel, consisting, Chinese mythical animal, collector Erdmann placed, zinc garden fountain, shape, putto, donor retained, Note, deviating, decoration, R.H, Erdman, Terra Nova estate, Loenen
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